A long financial March: Pension reform in China

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-288

  Béland, Daniel ^a   Yu, Ka Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PENSION SYSTEM; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIAL POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2042431240     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004727940300744X     Document Type: Article

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