Unfunded pension systems ageing and variance

Pension systems in most industrialised countries are unfunded, i.e. they are pay-as-you-go financed and thus depend on a well-balanced ratio (old) recipients to (young) contributors. This so-called dependency ratio will worsen significantly in the next few decades due to two developments: ageing of...

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Other Authors Uebelmesser, Silke
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
SeriesContributions to economic analysis ; v. 264.
Subjects
Pensions.
Old age pensions.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849508261
ISSN0573-8555 ;
DOI10.1108/S0573-8555(2004)264
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 271 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Political feasibility of pension reforms : the perspective of political economy when the young have the voice option / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Mobility as a counterforce to gerontocracy : the perspective of political economy when the young have the exit option / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Qualitative aspects of migration : who is most likely to emigrate / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Sustainability of pension systems with systems competition : national and European responsibilities for old-age security with (partially) mobile labour / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Conclusion / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Projected development of fundamental factors : the path of factors influencing demography in the next few decades / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Country studies : recent reform activities in selected countries / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Welfare analysis of pension reforms : the perspective of efficiency / Silke Uebelmesser
  • Unfunded pension systems : the mechanisms responsible for the projected crisis / Silke Uebelmesser.

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