Population ageing and projections of government social outlays in Australia

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-64

  Guest, Ross S ^a   McDonald, Lan M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034035147     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00135     Document Type: Article

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