Many studies describe the potentially adverse impact on employment of the payroll costs of
financing public pension programmes. Conventionally, empirical studies treat contributions …

Politics, ageing and pensions What is the future of social security systems in OECD
countries? We suggest that the answer belongs to the realm of politics, and evaluate how …

The aim of this paper is twofold: to show the usefulness of automatic balance mechanisms
(ABMs) and to explore the issue of introducing an ABM into the Spanish state contributory …

This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and
comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about …

Early retirement seems to plague social security systems in a number of European countries.
In this paper we argue that delaying retirement may have two positive effects: it is likely to …

Özet Sosyal güvenlik en temel insan haklarından birisidir. Herkes ömrünün belirli bir
döneminde desteğe muhtaç hale gelebilir. Kamusal yardım devletin ihmal edemediği bir …

This article reviews some of the potential pitfalls for systemic financial stability that may arise
from the process of population ageing in coming decades. Although the issues are of global …

Conventional economic wisdom suggests that because of the aging process, social security
systems will have to be retrenched. In particular, retirement age will have to be largely …

No serious discussion of possible pension reforms can dispense with some conception of
what justice requires, both between and within generations. In this paper we first spell out …

This paper simulates the future performance of the Spanish pension system using a large
OLG model. We compare the system in place after the 2011 pension reform to that emerging …