Social security, differential fertility, and the dynamics of the earnings distribution

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

differential fertility; earnings distribution; growth; social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052540918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.2042     Document Type: Article

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