Quebec’s public finances between demographic changes and fiscal sustainability

The Family, the Market or the State?: Intergenerational Support Under Pressure in Ageing Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-79

  Godbout, Luc ^a   St Cerny, Suzie ^a   Bouchard St Amant, Pier André ^a   Fortin, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84962236584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4339-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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