Ageing, Social Security and Affordability
Published on 2. July 1998
Book
Hardback
394 pages
978-1-84014-817-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume, the second of a twin-set grouping articles based on papers presented at seminars in Sigtuna, Sweden 1994-1996, deals with the largest spending programmes of the welfare state - old age pensions and medical care - and their place within the debate about the desirability and affordability of modern social programmes. The chapters are divided into four parts. The first deals with general welfare, sociology and economics; part two groups papers dealing with old age pension reform in a variety of countries; part three takes up a number of topics under the heading of health care reform; and part four deals with the effect of increased longevity and population ageing, as well as predicted disability and frailty on the future of modern welfare states. Taken together, these chapters range widely in tone and orientation, but their topics cover the issues facing welfare states among the industrial democracies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 223 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84014-817-6 (9781840148176)
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Content
Part 1 General issues: social assistance in the memberstates of the European Union - common features and continuing diffrences, Bernd Schulte; the relation between social and occupational security, Martin Rein and Eskil Wadensjo; the Spanish version of welfare - a model at bay, Javier Salinas; legal indexation of social security benefits - an international comparison of systems and their effects, Henk Vording and Kees Goudswaard. Part 2 Pension reform: the hidden liabilities of public pension plans in twelve EU-countries - what does it mean?, Jan B. Kune; pensions in transition in the US and Japan - parallels and contrasts, Robert L. Clark; transitional effects of a pension system change in Spain, Jose M. Bailen and Joan Gil; financing old age in Singapore - are there lessons for the welfare state?, Mukul G. Ahser; pay-as-you-go versus funded system of financing pensions in Central and Eastern Europe, Dejan Popovic and Gordana Ilic-Popov; pension system reforms in Latin America - how much privatization?, Andras Uthoff Botka. Part 3 Health care insurance: equity, cost containment and efficiency in health care - can they be acheived by regulated competition?, Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven; health care reform - what is the problem?, Jospeh White; the social and economic consequences of delaying a political decision concerning reform of the health care system in Poland, Wanda Majewska; provision and financing of long-term care for the elderly - the role of governemnt, Stefan Felder and Peter Zweifel. Part 4 Healthy life expectency: impact of the evolution of health expectancy on future public health care expenditures, Madeleine Rochon; forecast of future disabled and institutionalized US populations 1995 t0 2040, Kenneth G. Manton and Larry S. Corder.