Social security reform and investment in education: Is there scope for a Pareto improvement?

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 290, 2006, Pages 299-319

  Köthenbürger, Marko ^a   Poutvaara, Panu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; WAGE;

EID: 33645819200     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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