This book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount differentials, and discusses why such undercounts occur. In addition to focusing on...

Late in a career of more than sixty years, Thomas Burch, an internationally known social demographer, undertook a wide-ranging methodological critique of demography. This open access volume contains a selection of resulting papers, some previously unpublished, some published but not readily...

Peak-Konsum -- Die Auswirkungen von Bevölkerungsschrumpfung und -alterung auf das Rentenversicherungssystem in Deutschland -- Was taugen die Vorhersagen? Regionale Unterschiede in der demografischen Entwicklung, Ursachen und Zukunftsprognosen -- Die Generationenökonomie -- Auswirkungen des...

Chapter 1. Public Pensions Systems. Bibliometric Study of Academic Publications in Scientific Journals -- Chapter 2. Demographic and Social Challenges in the Design of Public Pension Schemes -- Chapter 3. The Public Pension Systems and the Economic Crisis -- Chapter 4. Pensions, Economic Growth...

Part I. State of the Art -- 1. An Overview of Green Finance -- 2. Defining Green Finance: Existing Standards and Main Challenges -- 3. The Development of Green Finance by Sector -- 4. Sustainable Finance Management -- 5. Financial Performances of Green Securities -- 6. Institutional Initiatives...

Chapter 1. A New Narrative for the Anthropocene Era -- Chapter 2. Beyond the Mantra of Traditional Finance -- Chapter 3. Western Thinking at its Best -- Chapter 4. Unleashing the Sleeping Giant – Discovering New Ground and Starting the Dance of the TAO -- Chapter 5: The TAO of Finance --...

1. Enhancing Efficiency in Sustainable Markets; Mario La Torre and Helen Chiappini -- 2. Financing Sustainable Goals: Economic and Legal Implications; Raffaele Felicetti and Alessandro Rizzello -- 3. Rethinking Taxation and Impact Investments; Alessandro Mazzullo -- 4. Profitable Impact Bonds:...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Overview of Pension Systems -- Chapter 3. Socio-Economic and Medical Approaches to Pensions Systems -- Chapter 4. Modeling the Impact of Socio-Economic and Medical Characteristics on Public Pension Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries -- Chapter...

Chapter 1: Background and Emerging Challenges -- Chapter 2: Theory of Fiscal Federalism and Local Fiscal Domain -- Chapter 3: Fiscal Decentralization and Local Area Corporate Social Responsibility -- Chapter 4: Globalization, Climate Change and Changing Face of Urban Public Finance -- Chapter 5:...

Chapter 1. The Challenges and Opportunities of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 2. Capital Planning and Budgeting for Infrastructure -- Chapter 3. Traditional Methods of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 4. Innovative Mechanisms of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 5. Case Studies in...