How longer work lives ease the crunch of population aging

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-160

  Maestas, Nicole ^a,b   Zissimopoulos, Julie ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Pardee RAND Graduate School   (United States)

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EID: 77951455105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.1.139     Document Type: Article

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