Options and impact of China's pension reform: A computable general equilibrium analysis

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-127

  Wang, Yang ^a   Xu, Dianqing ^b   Wang, Zhi ^c   Zhai, Fan ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

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EID: 1542615640     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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