A near electoral majority of pensioners: Prospects and policies

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 543-554

  Sanderson, Warren C ^a,b   Scherbov, Sergei ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

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EID: 34548538576     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00184.x     Document Type: Note

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