Global demographic trends and social security reform

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-198

  Attanasio, Orazio ^a   Kitao, Sagiri ^b   Violante, Giovanni L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital flows; Demographic trends; Social security; Two region model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847026952     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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