The effect of means-tested income support for the elderly on pre-retirement saving: Evidence from the SSI program in the U.S.

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-206

  Neumark, David ^a   Powers, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; H5; I38; Income support; J14; Means tested

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002956563     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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