Demographic Trends

 • IMF (September 2004), How Will Demographic Change Affect the Global Economy?, World Economic Outlook, Chapter III.

• Burniaux, Jean-Marc, Romain Duval and Florence Jaumotte (2004), Coping with ageing: a dynamic approach to quantifiy the impact of alternative policy option on future labour supply in OECD countries, OECD ECO/WKP(2003)25

• Duval, Romain (2003), The retirement effects of old-age pension systmes and other social transfer programmes in OECD countries, OECD ECO/WKP(2003)24

• Mulligan, C. and X. Sala-I-Martin (1999a). Gerontocracy, retirement, and social security, NBER
Working Paper No. 7117, Cambridge, Ma.

• Tabellini, G. (2000). A positive theory of social security, Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
102, 3, 523-545.

• Groezen, Bas, Theo Leers and Lex Meijdam (2003). Social security and endogenous fertility:
pensions and child allowances as siamese twins, Journal of Public Economics, 87, 233-
251.

Pension Reform back to top

•Directorate For Financial, Fiscal And Enterprise Affairs(2003), Pensions Glossary, OECD

• Juan Yermo (2002), Revised Taxonomy For Pension Plans, Pension Funds And Pension Entities, OECD

•Antolin P., de Serres A. and de la Maisonneuve C.(2004), Long-term budgetary implications of tax-favoured retirement plans ,OECD WP 393, (which shows that establishing private pension schemes also affects government budgets)

•Casey B.,Oxley H., Whitehouse E., Antolin P., Duval R. and Leibfritz.W.(2003), Policies for an ageing society: recent measures and areas for further reform, OECD WP 369

•Duval R. (2003), The retirement effects of old-age pension and early retirement schemes in OECD countries, OECD WP 370

•Burniaux J.-M., Duval R. and Jaumotte F. (2003), Coping with ageing: a dynamic approach to quantify the impact of alternative policy options on future labour supply in OECD countries, OECD WP 371

•Jaumotte F. (2003), Female labour force participation: past trends and main determinants in OECD countries, OECD WP 376 (which illustrates the impact of child care policies)

•Gary V. Engelhardt and Jonathan Gruber (2004), Social Security and the Evolution of Elderly Poverty, NBER WP 10466.

• James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian (2004), Plan Design and 401(k) Savings Outcomes, NBER WP 10486

• Berkel, Barbara and Axel Börsch-Supan (2003), Pension Reform in Germany. The impact on Retirement Decisions, MEA DP 36-03.

• Axel Börsch-Supan and Christina B. Wilke (2003), The German Public Pension System: How it was, How it will Be, MEA DP 34-03

• Hans Blommestein (2001), Ageing, Pension Reform, and Financial Market Implications in the OEC AREA, WP CeRP 9/01.

• Sinn, Hans-Werner (1997), The value of children and immigrants in a pay-as-you-go pension
system: a proposal for a partial transition to a funded system, CEPR D.P. 1734.

• Sinn, Hans-Werner (1997), The Crisis of Germany's Pension Insurance System and How It Can Be Resolved, NBER Working Paper 7304

• Mulligan, C. and X. Sala-I-Martin (1999bc). Social security in theory and practice. (I): Facts and political theories & (II): Efficiency theories and implications for reform, NBER Working Papers 7118 & 7119.

Health Care back to top

 

• Docteur, Elizabeth and Howard Oxley (2003) Health-Care Systems: Lessions from the Reform Experience, OECD DELSA/ELSA/WD/HEA(2003)9

• Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions: The Future of Health Care and Care for the Elderly: Guaranteeing Accessibility, Quality and Financial Viability. (2001)

Capital Markets back to top

• Melanie Lührmann (2003), Demographic Change, Foresight, and International Capital Flows
MEA Discussion Paper 39-03.

Saving back to top

• McCarthy, David and Anthony Neuberger (2003), Pension Poliy: Evidence on Aspects of Savings Behaviour and Capital Markets, CEPR.