Nicholas Barr, Peter Diamond

Reforming Pensions

A Short Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an abridgement of Barr and Diamond's 'Reforming Pensions: Principles and Policy Choices' (OUP, 2008), a larger book that is intended for policy makers and as a supplement in college courses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780195387728
• ISBN-10: 0195387724
• Artikelnr.: 27036898

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics at the London School of Economics, the author of numerous books and articles, and a Trustee of HelpAge International. He spent two periods at the World Bank working on income transfers in Central and Eastern Europe and has been a Visiting Scholar at the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF. He has been active in debates about pension reform and higher education finance, advising governments in the post-communist countries, and in the UK, Australia, Chile, China, Hungary, New Zealand and South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to Principles and policy choices by Professor Lord Stern
Preface
1: The backdrop
2: The basic economics of pensions
3: Pensions and labor markets
4: Finance and funding
5: Redistribution and risk sharing
6: Gender and family
7: Implementing pensions
8: International diversity and change since 1950
9: Pension systems in different countries
10: Close focus: Pension reform in Chile and China
11: Principles and lessons for policy
Glossary
References
Index