Investing for the old age: Pensions, children and savings

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 538-559

  Galasso, Vincenzo ^a   Gatti, Roberta ^b   Profeta, Paola ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Financial markets; Intergenerational transfers; PAYG pension systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349522164     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-009-9104-5     Document Type: Article

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