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Unfunded pension systems : ageing and migration /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Uebelmesser, Silke
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2004.
Colección:Contributions to economic analysis ; 264.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 the population and increased labour mobility. This book analyses the viability of unfunded pension systems in the presence of the projected demographic evolution. The analysis focuses on questions concerning a) efficiency considerations and the possibility of welfare improvements; b) political econom.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780080474670
0080474675
ISSN:0573-8555 ;