Distributional impacts of pension policy in Argentina: Winners and losers within and across generations

International Social Security Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 79-102

  Arza, Camila ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 43249149528     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2006.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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