One of the most well-established relationships in the economics of aging is that between health and wealth. Yet this relationship is also changing in conjunction with a rapidly aging population as well as a broad evolution in how people live later in life. Building on findings from earlier...

Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. But the government projects its future finances using long outdated methods. Employing a more up-to-date approach, Jagadeesh Gokhale here argues that the program faces insolvency far sooner than previously thought. To assess...

Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment analyzes the changing economic and demographic environment in which social insurance programs that benefit elderly households will operate. It also explores how these ongoing trends will affect future beneficiaries, under both the current social...

As populations age and revenues diminish, government and private pension funds around the world are facing insolvency. The looming social security crisis is especially dire for women, who live longer than men but have worked less in the formal labor force. This groundbreaking study examines...

Aus einer Betrachtung des historischen Entwicklungsweges der Verschiebebahnhofpolitik zwischen der Rentenversicherung der Arbeiter und Angestellten, der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit und dem Bundeshaushalt für den Zeitraum von 1964 bis 2000 schlussfolgert der Beitrag, dass jegliche Strukturreform,...

Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert rentenpolitische Entscheidungsprozesse in Ländern, deren Alterssicherungssysteme weitgehend dem Bismarckmodell folgen (Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien, Österreich, Schweden). Da sie typischerweise definierte Leistungen im Wege des Umlageverfahrens gewähren...