Age of pension eligibility, gains in life expectancy, and social policy

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-199

  Denton, Frank T ^a   Spencer, Byron G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of pension eligibility; Pension burden

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PENSION SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PENSION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT;

AGING; CANADA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PENSIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RETIREMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 79960242298     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.37.2.183     Document Type: Article

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