Modelling the impact of demographic change upon the economy

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 452, 1999, Pages 1-36

  Miles, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; MODELING; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 0032953416     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00389     Document Type: Article

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