Pension reform in China

International Social Security Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 47-71

  Salditt, Felix ^a   Whiteford, Peter ^b,d   Adema, Willem ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c OECD   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Demographic aspect; Old age benefit; Older people; Pension scheme; People's Republic of China; Social security financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349085848     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2008.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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