This chapter surveys the literature on the macroeconomic effects of government debt. It
begins by discussing the data on debt and deficits, including the historical time series …

This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical issues dealing with Social Security
pensions. The first part of the chapter discusses pure pay-as-you-go plans. It considers the …

This article, sets out a series of principles for pension design rooted in economic theory:
pension systems have multiple objectives, analysis should consider the pension system as a …

A number of cross-country comparisons do not find a robust negative relationship between
government size and economic growth. In part, this may reflect the prediction in economic …

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Traces how individuals fare over time in each of three types of welfare state: a social
democratic welfare regime in the Netherlands; a corporatist welfare regime in Germany; and …

This paper sets out the economic analytics of pensions. After introductory discussion,
successive sections consider the effects of different pension arrangements on labour …

We use data on health plan choices by employees of Harvard University to compare the
benefits of insurance competition with the costs of adverse selection. Moving to a voucher …

This paper discusses the building blocks of pension reform in the light of economic theory,
and their application to different types of economy. The opening section sets out the simple …

В работе исследуются механизмы влияния структуры государственных расходов на
экономическое развитие. Оцениваются мультипликаторы расходов бюджета …