Social security expenditure and economic growth: An empirical assessment

Research in Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-275

  Bellettini, Giorgio ^a   Ceroni, Carlotta Berti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

O47, O11, O23, H55; Social security expenditure, economic growth, growth empirics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041408951     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.2000.0231     Document Type: Article

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