Pension systems : sustainability and distributional effects in Germany and the United Kingdom / Birgit Mattil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattil, Birgit.

Series:

Contributions to economics 1431-1933

Contributions to economics, 1431-1933

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old age pensions--Germany.

Old age pensions.

Cross-cultural studies.

Germany.

Old age pensions--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Old age pensions--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

ix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg ; New York : Physica-Verlag, [2006]

Summary:

Recently, policy debate and comparative research on old-age pensions have focused on the financial sustainability of pension systems in the face of demographic change. This study, however, also takes into account distributional effects involved in pension system structures. Theoretical, institutional and empirical analyses are combined to form a comprehensive framework for evaluating financial sustainability and distributional effects of the pension systems implemented in Germany and the United Kingdom. Along with projections of demographic trends and future public pension expenditure, the empirical results on old-age incomes and their distribution allow for identifying a number of reform options for each pension system to improve their financial or distributional results.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3790816752

OCLC:

63127438

Publisher Number:

9783790816754 (pbk.)