Status Maintenance and Change During Old Age

该项目追踪了50岁至80岁男性的收入差异，比较了三种理论视角对收入不平等程度的预测。它们分别预测，在退休期间，不平等将增加、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，并对诸如社会保障等旨在影响晚年收入分配的各种计划产生影响。

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.