Volume 1A: The global demography of aging : facts, explanations, future / D.E. Bloom, D.L. Luca -- Macroeconomics, aging, and growth / R. Lee -- Migration and the demographic shift / A. Zaiceva, K.F. Zimmerman -- Global demographic trends : consumption, saving, and international capital flows /...

The Australian age pension is somewhat unusual among developed countries in that it is means tested against both the claimant's income and assets. While means testing of age pensions facilitates the aims of directing public pensions to those senior individuals most in need and of containing...

Tax concessions are a common feature of private pension pillars around the world. Most countries exempt pension fund earnings from any taxation but tax either benefits (EET regime) or contributions (TEE regime) progressively as regular private income. By contrast, Australia's superannuation...

In this paper we investigate the macroeconomic and welfare effects of the major changes of the mandatory superannuation reform proposed in the 2010-11 Australian federal budget. These changes include gradual increases in the mandatory employer contributions from 9 to 12 percent of gross earnings...