Reforming pensions: Principles, analytical errors and policy directions

International Social Security Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 5-29

  Barr, Nicholas ^a   Diamond, Peter ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

International; Method of financing; Pension scheme; Social security planning; Social security reform; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349357076     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2009.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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