Self-insurance in a life-cycle model of labour supply and savings

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 945-975

  Low, Hamish W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life cycle labour supply; Precautionary saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644575635     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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