Social security, demographics, and risk

"This volume addresses the most important issues of the ongoing discussion on designing social security. It provides fundamental results for pay-as-you-go social security, covers the issues of social security during demographic transition and examines the inclusion of risk aspects into the anal...

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Main Author: Borgmann, Christoph.
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2005.
Berlin ; New York : [2005]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 178 pages).
Series: Population economics.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fundamental Results on Social Security in a Deterministic Economy
  • Social Security and Demographic Transition
  • Old-Age Provision and Uncertainty: An Introduction to Issues of Risk and Risk Sharing
  • Labor Income Risk, Demographic Risk, and the Design of (Wage-Indexed) Social Security
  • Demographics and Political Risks of Benefit Rule Changes: A Case Study for Germany
  • Social Security, Portfolio Choice, and Financial Markets
  • Conclusion.