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The Life and Times of a Public-Sector Pension Plan Before Social Security: The US Navy Pension Plan in the Nineteenth Century

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  • Robert L. Clark & Lee A. Craig & Jack W. Wilson, "undated". "The Life and Times of a Public-Sector Pension Plan Before Social Security: The US Navy Pension Plan in the Nineteenth Century," Pension Research Council Working Papers 99-10, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania.
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