Is Altruism Important for Understanding the Long-Run Effects of Social Security?

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 616-637

  Fuster, Luisa ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Social security; altruism; capital accumulation; labor market distortions; wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004853549     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.1999.0063     Document Type: Article

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