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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 12, No. 3, August 1991
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 47-61
At first sight, the technicalities of social securtiy benefit indexation are a somewhat abstruse topic, suitable only for the journals and handbooks of tax and finance practitioners. Yet the nature of benefit indexation systems has major implications both for trends in the living standards of pensioners and for public expenditure. Search |

