Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy

The essays in this volume discuss such timely topics as demographic change and the outlook for Social Security and Medicare in the United States; long term decision making under uncertainty; the effect of changing family structure on government spending; how the structure of public retirement policies has encouraged early retirement in some countries and not others; the response of local community spending to demographic change; and related topics. Contributors include many of the world's leading public finance economists and economic demographers.

Author: Alan J. Auerbach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/26/2001
Pages: 466
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780521662444