Status Maintenance and Change During Old Age

该项目跟踪50岁至80岁男性的收入差异，比较从三个理论角度得出的关于收入不平等程度的预测。它们分别预测，在退休后的几年里，不平等程度将增加、减少或保持不变。研究结果将提高社会学对分层和老龄化的理解，并对社会保障等旨在影响未来几年收入分配的各种项目产生影响。

This project tracks income differences in men aged 50 through 80, comparing predictions about the amount of income inequality derived from three theoretical perspectives. These predict, respectively, that inequality will increase, decrease, or remain constant during the retirement years. Results will improve sociological understanding of stratification and aging, and have implications for various programs such as Social Security, which aim at affecting the distribution of income in later years.