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Recent Trends in the Relative Economic Status of Older Adults Get access

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Richard J. Harris
Journal of Gerontology, Volume 41, Issue 3, May 1986, Pages 401–407, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/41.3.401
Published: 01 May 1986
... cohort does experience a decline in relative earnings between 1967 and 1977, newer cohorts entering old age have higher relative earnings than the older cohorts whom they replace, accounting for aggregate improvements in relative earnings. Age modernization theory Cohort analysis Human 1...
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Reevaluation of the Aging and Modernization Theory: The Samoan Evidence Get access

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Ellen C. Rhoads
The Gerontologist, Volume 24, Issue 3, June 1984, Pages 243–250, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/24.3.243
Published: 01 June 1984
... recent evidence suggests that cultural values are crucial intervening variables in the aging and modernization theory. Modernization theory Samoan Cross-cultural Family This paper, based on field research in the islands of American Samoa, explores the effects...