Should China introduce a social pension?

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-87

  Lu, Bei ^a   He, Wenjiong ^b   Piggott, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Demographic; Revenue cost; Soical pension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914812003     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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