On the Distributional Effects of Social Security Reform

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 498-531

  Huggett, Mark ^a   Ventura, Gustavo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Social security; distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001587871     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.1999.0051     Document Type: Article

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