Measuring pension-benefit expectations probabilistically

Labour

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-236

  Dominitz, Jeff ^a   Manski, Charles F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PENSION SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 33845358291     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2006.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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