UID:
edocfu_9958110735202883
Format:
1 online resource (300 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-45776-6
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1-134-45777-4
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0-429-22983-6
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1-280-07012-9
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0-203-21715-2
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary Economic Policy Issues ; v.No.4
Content:
Increasingly ageing populations and a slowing rate of growth in the macroeconomy are forcing advanced countries to reconsider their social security programmes. The need for detailed examination of the possible reforms and initiatives has never been greater.This book brings together internationally-renowned scholars to evaluate the effect of recent social security reforms in advanced countries (pension programmes in particular) and to suggest policy reforms for the future.Including detailed studies of countries including Australia, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia, the UK and the USA, this b
Note:
Papers presented at the conference at the University of Tokyo in September, 1998.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Managing pensions in the twenty-first century: global lessons and implications for Japan; Five fallacies in the social security debate; Social security privatization and financial market risk: lessons from US financial history; Private mandatory retirement provision: design and implementation challenges; Switching the Japanese social system from pay-as-you-go to actuarially fair: a simulation analysis
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Integration of tax and social security systems: on the financing methods of a public pension scheme in a pay-as-you-go systemPension reform in the UK: from contribution to participation; Reform of the public pension system in Germany; Pension systems and labor force participation in the Nordic countries; Public pension reform and welfare in an economy with adverse selection; Pensions contributions and capital accumulation under modified funded systems; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-29417-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-28278-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203217153
