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Private Intergenerational Transfers and Population Aging : the German Case /

In the forthcoming decades the industrialized countries will experience a demographic transition that is unprecedented in history. While the transition's impact on public pension schemes has extensively been examined, its implication for private intergenerational transfers has gone almost unnot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lüth, Erik
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2001.
Series:Contributions to economics.
Subjects:
Economics.
Economic policy.
Population.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Motives for Private Intergenerational Transfers
  • Empirical Facts About Transfers in Germany
  • Private versus Public Transfers During a Demographic Transition
  • Intergenerational Transfers in a General Equilibrium Setting
  • Summary
  • Appendix.