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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Uebelmesser, Silke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
Series:Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 264.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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.