The Economics of Pensions: Principles, Policies, and International Experience - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521666120 ISBN 13: 9780521666121

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The significant store of knowledge about publicly regulated pensions for old age has grown even more rapidly in the past decade. This book explores current research in four critical areas for pension policy: the political design of pension institutions; the iron links among fiscal deficits, private savings, and pension reform; how macroeconomic policy should be conducted after large private pension funds have emerged; and lessons on efficient organization of the pension industry, drawn from international comparisons including Australia, Chile, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.

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Review:

"Reforming public and private pension systems is a first-order policy issue throughout the developed and developing world. This volume draws together important new research finding, theoretical as well as empirical, that bear on pension reform. Anyone concerned with the government's role in retirement income provision will find this volume informative, interesting, and thought-provoking." James Poterba, MIT

"This book is a collection of papers on various aspects of national retirement income policy written by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. It is must reading for anyone concerned with the politics and economics of designing pension systems at the national level." Zvi Bodie, Boston University

"This book is a valuable contribution to the debate of how to successfully reform public pension systems. It summarizes many of the crucial issues of pension reform in a clear and interesting way and also identifies some important areas for further research." Journal of Economic Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521666120
• ISBN 13: 9780521666121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Valdés-Prieto Salvador