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Income and the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Jane Falkingham
Affiliation:
London School of Economics, London, UK
Paul Johnson*
Affiliation:
London School of Economics, London, UK
*
Dr Paul Johnson, Lecturer in Social History, Department of Economic History, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.

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Social and psychological gerontology
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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