On the sustainability of the UK state pension system in the light of population ageing and declining fertility

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 512, 2006, Pages

  Blake, David ^a   Mayhew, Les ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE PROVISION; YOUNG POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746436138     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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