Kazakhstan's pension system: Pressures for change and dramatic reforms

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-187

  Seitenova, Ai Gul S ^a   Becker, Charles M ^b  

^a Pragma Corporation   (Kazakhstan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic reform; Kazakhstan; Pensions; Social security; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944365887     PISSN: 0018280X     EISSN: 2436097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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