Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy

• Author(s): Alan J. Auerbach, Ronald D. Lee,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 446
• ISBN_10: 0521662443
  ISBN_13: 9780521662444
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics , Business & Economics / Public Finance , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / American Government / General , Social Science / Demography ,

Description:... 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.