Large cash transfers to the elderly in South Africa

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 450, 1998, Pages 1330-1361

  Case, Anne ^a   Deaton, Angus ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031742259     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00345     Document Type: Article

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