Internationally common features of public old-age pensions, and their implications for models of the public sector

Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Mulligan, Casey B ^a   Sala I Martin, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pensions; Political Economics; Retirement; Social Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444294738     PISSN: 15380637     EISSN: 15380637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0637.1067     Document Type: Review

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