Pensionomics puts forward a portfolio perspective on the combination of funded and unfunded pension arrangements. In a second-best type argument it is formally shown that a Pay-As-You-Go pension system can substitute the tradability of human capital. While this ideal form of diversification can...

Recently, policy debate and comparative research on old-age pensions have focused on the financial sustainability of pension systems in the face of demographic change. This study, however, also takes into account distributional effects involved in pension system structures. Theoretical,...

This book examines the aging of the US population as a primary domestic public policy issue. An increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population will potentially result in a significant growth in the number of beneficiaries in major federal entitlement programs, leading to...

Erfolgsfaktor Generationen-Management – Herausforderungen und Handlungsfelder im Generationenmanagement -- Etablierte Mitarbeiter-Generationen – Baby Boomer und Generation X -- Nachrückende Mitarbeiter-Generationen – Millennials und Generation Z -- Arbeitsfähigkeit – Grundlage der...

This book, based on economics and game theory, analyzes the changes that Japan is now facing as a reflection of changes in Japanese families and society. The author presents a simple framework for the structural relationship among markets, communities including families, and the state; and uses...

Das Buch 'Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik im Diskurs' diskutiert in mehreren Beiträgen aus einer sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Perspektive aktuelle Entwicklungen der Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf einer Analyse der österreichischen und europäischen...

Daten zur Vereinbarkeit und Auswirkungen auf Arbeitsmarktchancen und den Gender Gap in Löhnen und Pensionen in Zusammenhang mit (mangelnder) Vereinbarkeit -- Institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen von Vereinbarkeitspolitik -- Instrumente zur Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern: Analyse...

This Palgrave Pivot argues that basic income at a decent level is, in fact, affordable. The contributors approach the topic from the perspectives of three different countries-Canada, Switzerland, and Australia-to overcome objections that a universal program to keep all citizens above the poverty...