Social security, social welfare and the aging population

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-623

  Pecchenino, Rowena A ^a   Utendorf, Kelvin R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Education; Endogenous growth; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241638     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050116     Document Type: Article

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