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    Joseph J. Spengler

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Economic Conference, October 12–15, 1977, Washington, D.C. This paper has been facilitated by a Ford-Rockefeller Foundation population grant.

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Spengler, J.J. Population aging and security of the aged. Atlantic Economic Journal 6, 1–7 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02315378

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