Social Security Reform: Financial and Political Issues in International Perspective

by Assaf Razin

Book Overview

As population aging has become increasingly acute in many countries, the debate over how to reform often creaking public pension systems has gathered momentum. In many cases, this debate has become politicized and the focus on some of the underlying economic issues has been lost. This volume hopes to redress some of this imbalance. It begins by examining the rationale behind why public pension systems were introduced originally - out of fear that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521141869
• ISBN13: 9780521141864
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"