SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM by Robin Brooks (Editor), Assaf Razin (Editor) ( 9780521844956 )

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Title:

SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

By:

Robin Brooks (Editor), Assaf Razin (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£110.00
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ISBN 10:

0521844959

ISBN 13:

9780521844956

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

4 April, 2005

Pages:

384

Description:

This book focuses on the underlying economic issues of the debate over public pension system reform.

Synopsis:

As population aging has become increasingly acute in many countries, the debate over how to reform often creaking public pension systems has gathered momentum. In many cases, this debate has become politicized and the focus on some of the underlying economic issues has been lost. This volume hopes to redress some of this imbalance. It begins by examining the rationale behind why public pension systems were introduced originally - out of fear that individuals do not adequately save for retirement. It then systematically examines different aspects of reforming these systems. It covers the fiscal repercussions of reform, the implications of the baby boom on asset returns in the years ahead, the political economy of the reform process, and finally the risk-sharing implications that are inherent in reform. An important additional goal of this volume is to make it accessible to as wide an audience as possible: students, academics, and policy makers.

Illustrations:

43 b/w illus. 73 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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