How does social security affect economic growth? Evidence from cross-country data

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-500

  Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Junsen ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fertility; Growth; Human capital; Saving; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043140707     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0198-x     Document Type: Article

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