Social security in theory and practice.
Subtitle: efficiency theories, narratives theories, and implications for reform
By: Casey B. Mulligan, Xavier Sala-i-Martin.
Contributors: Sala-i-Martin, Xavier.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 7119; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 7119.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Social security -- Econometric models.; Retirement -- Econometric models.; Older people -- Economic conditions -- Econometric models.; Pensions -- Econometric models.; Older people -- Political activity -- Econometric models.; Old age pensions -- Econometric models.
Notes: "May 1999."

JEL no. H55, D78, H21, J26, D72.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-38).

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