The fiscal burden of rising dependency ratios

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-201

  Ruggeri, Joe ^a   Zou, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dependency ratios; Fiscal dependency; Fiscalburden; Population aging

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FISCAL POLICY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248647910     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-007-9027-8     Document Type: Article

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