Declining public pensions in an era of demographic ageing: Will private provision fill the gap?

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 957-973

  Disney, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Private saving; Public pension programmes

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; INCOME; INVESTMENT; PENSION SYSTEM; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 0034095758     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00063-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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