Implications for savings of aging in the Asian 'Tigers'

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-252

  Heller, Peter S ^a   Symansky, Steven ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

EID: 0032420545     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8381.00061     Document Type: Article

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