Saving, wealth and the transition from transfers to individual responsibility: The cases of Taiwan and the United States

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-358

  Lee, Ronald ^a   Mason, Andrew ^b   Miller, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Capital; Intergenerational transfers; Saving; Social security and public pensions

Indexed keywords

INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INVESTMENT; SAVINGS; WELFARE PROVISION;

TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141940578     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.t01-2-00002     Document Type: Article

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