Will aging baby boomers bust the federal budget?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-140

  Lee, Ronald ^a   Skinner, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0000306909     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.1.117     Document Type: Article

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