Public pension reform in the United Kingdom: What effect on the financial well-being of current and future pensioners?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-81

  Disney, Richard ^a   Emmerson, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 15844413836     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2005.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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