The Flip Side of the Coin: The Consequences of the European Budgetary Projections on the Adequacy of Social Security Pensions

European Journal of Social Security

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-120

  Dekkers, Gijs ^a   Buslei, Hermann ^a   Cozzolino, Maria ^a   Desmet, Raphael ^a   Geyer, Johannes ^a   Hofmann, Dirk ^a   Raitano, Michele ^a   Steiner, Viktor ^a   Tanda, Paola ^a   Tedeschi, Simone ^a   Verschueren, Frédéric ^a  

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Author keywords

adequacy; AWG; Belgium; Germany; Italy; micro simulation; pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901131069     PISSN: 13882627     EISSN: 23992948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/138826271001200201     Document Type: Article

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