Children and Pensions

by Alessandro Cigno and Martin Werding

An analysis of the effect of public pension schemes on a country's fertility rate and a proposal for policies to reform pension coverage in light of this. The rapidly aging populations of many developed countries--most notably Japan and member countries of the European Union--present obvious problems for the public pension plans of these countries. Not only will there be disproportionately fewer workers making pension contributions than there are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262033690
• ISBN13: 9780262033695
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher