Pensions under ageing populations and the EU stability and growth pact

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-592

  Beetsma, Roel ^a   Oksanen, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

European Union stability and growth pact; Government budget deficit and debt; Population ageing; Public pensions

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BUDGET DEFICIT; DEBT; EUROPEAN UNION; INCENTIVE; PENSION SYSTEM; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 56849093483     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifn031     Document Type: Article

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