Are the elderly a threat to educational expenditures?

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-236

  Cattaneo, M Alejandra ^a   Wolter, Stefan C ^a,b,c,d  

^a Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographics; Education finance; Public finance; Survey; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349096764     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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