Social security: Regressive or progressive?

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-23

  Brown, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 85011163844     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.1998.10595687     Document Type: Article

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