Meeting the migrant pension challenge in China

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 438-464

  Lu, Bei ^a   Piggott, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Migration; Notional defined contribution; Pensions

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84941753130     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifu017     Document Type: Article

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