Quantifying policy trade-offs to support aging populations

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 579-608

  Scherbov, Sergei ^a   Sanderson, Warren C ^a,b   Mamolo, Marija ^c  

^a International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

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EID: 84897786978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.20     Document Type: Article

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