The welfare of Sweden's old-age pensioners in times of bust and boom from 1990

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-561

  Gustafsson, Björn ^a,b   Johansson, Mats ^c   Palmer, Edward ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Swedish Social Insurance Agency   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Income; Income inequality; Old age; Pensions; Poverty; Social security; Sweden; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PENSION SYSTEM; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67749109925     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08008167     Document Type: Article

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