Do consumers respond to future income shocks? Evidence from social security reform in Taiwan

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-295

  Levenson, Alec R ^a  

^a Milken Inst for Job and Cap Form   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Life cycle; Permanent income; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030295469     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01571-X     Document Type: Article

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