Explaining the wealth holdings of different cohorts: Productivity growth and Social Security

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1361-1391

  Kapteyn, Arie ^a   Alessie, Rob ^b   Lusardi, Annamaria ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Life cycle models; Social Security; Wealth accumulation

Indexed keywords

INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13444283586     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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