Distributive implications of an aging society

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3-5, 1996, Pages 729-746

  Von Weizsäcker, Robert K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiscal demographic policy conflicts; Income distribution; Population aging; Social policy design

Indexed keywords

AGEING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0030479529     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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