The generosity of the welfare state towards the elderly

Empirica

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-360

  Lefèbvre, Mathieu ^a   Pestieau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beveridge; Bismarck; Generosity; Social security

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; OECD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 33751055591     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-006-9021-0     Document Type: Article

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