Social security is at present the focus of an important economic and political debate. Is the combination of high taxes and high benefits distorting economic incentives? Can the social security systems of the welfare state sustain the increasing share of pensioners in the population? In this volume, a group of prominent economists offer a series of articles that take a look at the future of social security in the 21st Century.
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Social security is at present the focus of an important economic and political debate.
1. Editora s preface: B. Holmlund, A. Sandmo and E. Steigem. 2. Economic and social security in the twenty--first century with attention to Europe: J. Dreze. 3. Social security reform and national wealth: J. Laitner. 4. Adverse selection in the annuities market and the impact of privatizing social security: J. Walliser. 5. The financial stability of notional account pensions: S. Valdes--Prieto. 6. Pension reform during the demographic transition: H. Fehr. 7. The welfare state, budgetary pressure and labour market shifts: A.B. Atkinson. 8. Unskilled migration: a burden or a boon for the welfare state? A. Razin and E. Sadka. 9. Early retirement and economic incentives: E. Hernoes, M. Sollie, Marte and S. Strom. 10. The political economy of social security: G. Casamatta, H. Cremer and P. Pestieau. 11. A positive theory of social security: G. Tabellini.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780631225874
Publisert
2001-08-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Blackwell Publishers
Vekt
338 gr
Høyde
227 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, UU, P, UP
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

Biographical note

Bertil Holmlund is a Swedish economist, currently Professor of Economics at Uppsala University. He was a member of the prize committee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences from 1998 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006 and is the chairman of the committee since 2008. Agnar Sandmo is a Norwegian economist at the Norwegian School of Economics. He has made a series of contributions in the study of disparities, redistribution, insurance arrangements and tax systems.