Ageing and the welfare state: Securing sustainability

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-673

  Meier, Volker ^a   Werding, Martin ^b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health care; Public pensions; Sustainability; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

AGING; ECONOMIC REFORM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN CAPITAL; PENSION SYSTEM; PUBLIC SPENDING; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 79955984483     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq031     Document Type: Article

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