Social security and the evolution of elderly poverty

Public Policy and the Distribution of Income

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 259-287

  Engelhardt, Gary V ^a   Gruber, Jonathan ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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