Private Pensions and Public Pensions: Theory and Fact / Alan S. Blinder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blinder, Alan S.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0902.

NBER working paper series no. w0902

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Private Pensions and Public Pensions

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1982.

Summary:

An economic theory of public and private pensions is developed, and the implications of the theory are compared with some empirical evidence, of both the econometric and casual varieties. Among the questions addressed are: why are there private pensions? why have they grown so rapidly in recent decades? why do they have the particular features that they do? why does the government intervene by regulating the provisions of private pensions and mandating a public pension system? what are the effects of private and public pensions on savings and retirement decisions?

Notes:

Print version record

June 1982.