The Adequacy of Household Saving
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Keywords
saving; retirement; social security; pension;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
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