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Sources for the Country Rankings

November & December 2004




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Dalton, Philip. "Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) - Individual Pension Investment Vehicles." Paris: OECD, 2004.

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Gibson, Mary Jo; Gregory, Steven R.; and Pandya, Sheel M. Long-Term Care in Developed Nations: A Brief Overview. Washington, D.C.: AARP Public Policy Institute #2003-13, 2003.

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Hennessy, Patrick. " Social Protection for Dependent Elderly People: Perspectives from a Review of OECD Countries". OECD Labour Market and Social Policy - Occasional Paper No.16. Paris: OECD, 1995.

Jacobzone, Stephane. " Pharmaceutical Policies in OECD Countries: Reconciling Social and Industrial Goals." OECD Labour Market and Social Policy - Occasional Papers No. 40. Paris: OECD, April, 2000.

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Kinsella, Kevin; and Gist, Yvonne J. Older Workers, Retirement, and Pensions: A Comparative International Chartbook. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995.

Nergaard, Kristine. "Industrial Relations And The Ageing Workforce: Norway." Response of Norway to the European Industrial Relations Observatory Survey, 2000.

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Smeeding, Timothy; Rainwater, Lee; and Burtless, Gary. "United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context." In S.H. Danziger and R.H. Haveman (eds.). Understanding Poverty. New York and Cambridge, MA: Russell Sage Foundation and Harvard University Press, 2002.

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von Wachter, Till. " The End of Mandatory Retirement in the US: Effects on Retirement and Implicit Contracts." Center for Labor Economics, University of California Berkeley, Working Paper No. 49, March 2002.

Whitehouse, Edward. " Pension Systems in 15 Countries Compared: The Value of Entitlements." Centre for Pensions and Superannuation Discussion Paper No. 02/04, London, April, 2002.

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