Public Pensions and Economic Growth /

This book studies the normative and positive ramifications of public pension policies in a growing economy. It analyzes the impact of an unfunded public pension scheme on aggregate productivity growth and efficiency, it considers the political forces behind public pension legislation, and it develop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wigger, Berthold U.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Public Pensions and Economic Growth: The Basic Framework
  • The Allocative Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Endogenous Growth Economies
  • Public versus Private Intergenerational Transfers
  • The Familiy as an Old-age Security Device
  • Summary.