Status Maintenance and Change During Old Age

该项目跟踪了50岁至60岁男性的收入差异。 80，比较对收入不平等程度的预测 从三个理论角度。 这些预测， 不平等将增加、减少或保持 在退休后的岁月里， 结果会改善 社会学对分层和老龄化的理解， 对各种计划的影响，如社会保障， 目的是影响以后几年的收入分配。

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.