Overview

This book studies the normative and positive ramifications of public pension policies in a growing economy. It analyzes the impact of an unfunded public pension scheme on aggregate productivity growth and efficiency, it considers the political forces behind public pension legislation, and it develops and discusses elements of public pension design and reform. The book emphasizes the endogenous growth paradigm for an understanding of the dynamic impact of intergenerational transfers inherent in an unfunded public pension scheme. It uncovers an allocative role of intergenerational transfers which is exclusively linked to the possibility of endogenously evolving economic growth. The endogenous growth approach also allows to identify unfunded public pensions as a source of a conflict between current and future generations. This conflict shapes private old-age security considerations as well as the process of public pension legislation.

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Author:   Berthold U. Wigger
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642077593

ISBN 10:   3642077595
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Public Pensions and Economic Growth: The Basic Framework.- 2.1. The Analytical Elements.- 2.2. Productivity Growth.- 2.3. Allocative Efficiency.- 2.4. Public Pension Reform.- Appendix 2.- 3. The Allocative Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Endogenous Growth Economies.- 3.1. Investment Externalities, Intergenerational Transfers, and Pareto-improvements.- 3.2. The Length of the Working Life.- 3.3. Endogenous Innovation.- 3.4. Human Capital Formation.- Appendix 3.- 4. Public versus Private Intergenerational Transfers.- 4.1. Dynastic Altruism.- 4.2. Gifts, Bequests, and Growth.- 4.3. When Are Private Intergenerational Transfers Operative?.- 4.4. Old-Age Security and Neutrality.- 4.5. Legislating Public Pensions (I).- Appendix 4.- 5. The Family as an Old-age Security Device.- 5.1. A Twofold Fertility Motive.- 5.2. The Interplay between Productivity Growth and Fertility.- 5.3. Legislating Public Pensions (II).- Appendix 5.- 6. Summary.- List of Symbols.- References.- Author Index.

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From the reviews: This book ... consists of a collection of papers that deal with the effect the assumption of endogenous growth has on the functioning of public-pension plans. ... This book is well written and I enjoyed reading it. To those who want to have a quick refresher course in the effects of public-pension schemes in growth models, this book is highly recommended. ... I recommend this book as a compact survey and as a possible source of inspiration for those wish to begin research ... . (H. A. A. Verbon, Journal of Economics, Vol. 80 (2), 2003)

"From the reviews: ""This book … consists of a collection of papers that deal with the effect the assumption of endogenous growth has on the functioning of public-pension plans. … This book is well written and I enjoyed reading it. To those who want to have a quick refresher course in the effects of public-pension schemes in growth models, this book is highly recommended. … I recommend this book as a compact survey and as a possible source of inspiration for those wish to begin research … ."" (H. A. A. Verbon, Journal of Economics, Vol. 80 (2), 2003)"

From the reviews: This book ! consists of a collection of papers that deal with the effect the assumption of endogenous growth has on the functioning of public-pension plans. ! This book is well written and I enjoyed reading it. To those who want to have a quick refresher course in the effects of public-pension schemes in growth models, this book is highly recommended. ! I recommend this book as a compact survey and as a possible source of inspiration for those wish to begin research ! . (H. A. A. Verbon, Journal of Economics, Vol. 80 (2), 2003)

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