Gray peril or loyal support? the effects of the elderly on educational expenditures

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1178-1192

  Berkman, Michael B ^a   Plutzer, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11844266529     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00270.x     Document Type: Review

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