China's age of abundance: When might it run out?

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-97

  Cai, Yong ^a   Wang, Feng ^b,c   Li, Ding ^d   Wu, Xiwei ^d   Shen, Ke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Lifecycle surplus; National transfer account; Population aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914817186     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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