The Swedish experience with pension reform

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-148

  Sundén, Annika ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 33646260938     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj009     Document Type: Article

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