Changes in consumption at retirement: Evidence from panel data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1094-1099

  Aguila, Emma ^a   Attanasio, Orazio ^b   Meghir, Costas ^b  

^a RAND   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053947080     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00140     Document Type: Article

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