Social security reforms: Benefit claiming, labor force participation, and long-run sustainability

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 096-127

  Imrohoroǧlu, Selahattin ^a   Kitao, Sagiri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84865161948     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.4.3.96     Document Type: Article

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