Caucutt, Elizabeth M.; Cooley, Thomas F.; Guner, Nezih - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2012
We study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. The data for the U.S. and for a cross section of countries suggest that urbanization and industrializa- tion are associated with the rise of social insurance. We describe an OLG model in which demographics, technology, and...