Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered as one of the causes. This paper is the first to provide detailed evidence based on historical data on the mechanism by which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our...

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...