Public and private policy change: Pension reform in four countries

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-371

  Béland, Daniel ^a   Shinkawa, Toshimitsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Institutions; Pensions; Policy change; Privatization; Social policy

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PENSION SYSTEM; POLICY REFORM; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35648944165     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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