Pension Reform: A Short Guide

Pension Reform: A Short Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-260

  Barr, Nicholas ^a   Diamond, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

Aging crisis; Annuities; Defined benefit pensions; Defined contribution pensions; Demographic change; Insurance; Pension design; Pension systems; Retirement; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349358433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387728.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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