Public pension and household saving: Evidence from urban China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-485

  Feng, Jin ^a   He, Lixin ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Household savings rate; Pension reform; Pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755189723     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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