Saving after retirement: Evidence from three different surveys

Labour Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-310

  Alessie, Rob ^a   Lusardi, Annamaria ^b   Kapteyn, Arie ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bequest; Consumption; D12; D91; E21; Health; Life cycle models; Precautionary saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004879516     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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