Social Security and personal saving: 1971 and beyond

Empirical Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-139

  Meguire, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging population; Life cycle consumption function; Personal saving; Public pensions; Social Security

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SECURITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037247910     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810100122     Document Type: Article

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