Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521088275)

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
ISBN-10: 0521088275
ISBN-13: 9780521088275
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2008
Pages: 468
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.04d