Across industrialised and developing countries public pension systems have been heavily reformed during the last two decades. The major concern relates the sustainability of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension schemes. To solve public pension system crisis many proposals were issued to privatize social...

Across industrialised and developing countries public pension systems have been heavily reformed during the last two decades. The major concern relates the financial sustainability of pay-as-you-go pension schemes. The proposals to privatize social security lead to the creation of a multipillar...

Since the turn of the millennium the problem of credibility of the social security system has spread to the private pension funds sector. This study focus on the Australian and Icelandic experiences to study the credibility of pension fund performance and pension reform. Our credibility...

<i> A Note on Social Security Design. Means Tested vs Universal Programs </i> (di Marcello D'Amato) - ABSTRACT: Due to the slowdown of demographic and economic growth in developed countries, it has been argued that universal programs in social security should be replaced by means test programs. This...

cover -- frontespizio -- indice -- Introduzione -- Primo Capitolo - I confini tra stato e mercato (M. Bonasia) -- Secondo capitolo - Inefficienze di mercato ed intervento pubblico (Mariangela Bonasia e Marcella D'Uva) -- Terzo Capitolo - Fallimenti di mercato: mercati non concorrenziali, beni...