Demographic change, endogenous labor supply and the political feasibility of pension reform

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 409-424

  Breyer, Friedrich ^a   Stolte, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Endogenous labor supply; Public pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536283     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480000060     Document Type: Article

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