Aging and Retirement: Evidence Across Countries

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 651-672

  Profeta, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effective retirement age; Length of retirement; Political economy models of social security; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345982764     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020907029267     Document Type: Article

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