Old-age Security Versus Current Consumption
Author : Anu Rammohan
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Anu Rammohan
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2001-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309170877
Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. Because the speed of population aging is accelerating, and because the data needed to study the aging process are complex and expensive to obtain, it is imperative that countries coordinate their research efforts to reap the most benefits from this important information. Preparing for an Aging World looks at the behavioral and socioeconomic aspects of aging, and focuses on work, retirement, and pensions; wealth and savings behavior; health and disability; intergenerational transfers; and concepts of well-being. It makes recommendations for a collection of new, cross-national data on aging populationsâ€"data that will allow nations to develop policies and programs for addressing the major shifts in population age structure now occurring. These efforts, if made internationally, would advance our understanding of the aging process around the world.
Author : John B. Williamson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 22,58 MB
Release : 1993-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0195361695
This work makes extensive use of seven well-developed historical case studies describing the evolution of public old-age security in industrial nations (Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States) and developing nations (Brazil, Nigeria, and India). The authors focus on specifying contexts in which general theoretical perspectives can be used to account for these developments. One of the few studies which integrates historical and quantitative data, this accessible work will prove helpful to students and researchers of the welfare state, aging policy, and comparative sociology.
Author : Nancy Birdsall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 28,19 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199244073
The effect of demography on economic performance has been the subject of intense debate in economics for nearly two centuries. In recent years opinion has swung between the Malthusian views of Coale and Hoover, and the cornucopian views of Julian Simon. Unfortunately, until recently, data weretoo weak and analytical models too limited to provide clear insights into the relationship. As a result, economists as a group have not been clear or conclusive.This volume, which is based on a collection of papers that heavily rely on data from the 1980s and 1990s and on new analytical approaches, sheds important new light on demographic--economic relationships, and it provides clearer policy conclusions than any recent work on the subject. In particular,evidence from developing countries throughout the world shows a pattern in recent decades that was not evident earlier: countries with higher rates of population growth have tended to see less economic growth. An analysis of the role of demography in the "Asian economic miracle" strongly suggeststhat changes in age structures resulting from declining fertility create a one-time "demographic gift" or window of opportunity, when the working age population has relatively few dependants, of either young or old age, to support. Countries which recognize and seize on this opportunity can, as theAsian tigers did, realize healthy bursts in economic output. But such results are by no means assured: only for countries with otherwise sound economic policies will the window of opportunity yield such dramatic results. Finally, several of the studies demonstrate the likelihood of a causalrelationship between high fertility and poverty. While the direction of causality is not always clear and very likely is reciprocal (poverty contributes to high fertility and high fertility reinforces poverty), the studies support the view that lower fertility at the country level helps create apath out of poverty for many families.Population Matters represents an important further step in our understanding of the contribution of population change to economic performance. As such, it will be a useful volume for policymakers both in developing countries and in international development agencies.
Author : Donghyun Park
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781953600
Population aging is perhaps the single biggest economic and social obstacle confronting AsiaÕs future. The region-wide demographic transition towards an older population is fundamentally reshaping the demographic landscape, and is giving rise to two key socio-economic challenges. This timely book provides an in-depth analysis of these challenges and presents concrete policy options for tackling them. First, the expert contributors argue, Asia must find ways to sustain rapid economic growth in the face of less favorable demographics, which implies slower growth of the workforce. Second, they contend, Asia must find ways to deliver affordable, adequate and sustainable old-age economic security for its growing elderly population. Underpinned by rigorous analysis, a wide range of concrete policy options for sustaining economic growth while delivering economic security for the elderly are then presented. These include Asia-wide policy options Ð relevant to the entire region Ð such as building up strong national pension systems, whilst other policy options are more relevant to sub-groups of countries. This stimulating and informative book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers with an interest in Asian studies, economics generally, and more specifically, public sector economics.
Author : Estelle James
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Old age pensions
ISBN :
The shift toward social security systems with a tighter link between benefits and contributions will make such systems more fiscally sustainable. But to protect the uninsured and underinsured, such programs should be complemented by better social assistance programs for low-income groups.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1468 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 1954
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Lenore Alice Epstein
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 26,25 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Old age pensions
ISBN :
Author : M. Louise Fox
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Economic conversion
ISBN :
Pension reform has proved even more contentious an issue than privatization during the former communist countries' transition to a market- based economy.
Author : United States. Congress Senate
Publisher :
Page : 3214 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 1953
Category : United States
ISBN :