Ageing, Social Security and Affordability

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.

ISBN 1840148179   Pages 394 ISBN13 9781840148176 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Ashgate Publishing Group   Weight (grammes) 800 Imprint Ashgate Publishing Limited   Published in Aldershot Format Hardback   Series title International Studies on Social Security Publication date 02 Jul 1998   Height (mm) 157 Library of Congress HD7090.A34   Width (mm) 223 DEWEY 362.6   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface by Jonathan R. Bradshaw and Han Emanuel
		Introduction and overview by Theodore R. Marmor and Philip R. De Jong
Pt. 1		General Issues
1.1		Social assistance in the member states of the European Union: Common features and continuing differences by Bernd Schulte		3
1.2		The relation between social and occupational security by Martin Rein and Eskil Wadensjo		28
1.3		Legal indexation of social security benefits: An international comparison of systems and their effects by Henk Vording and Kees Goudswaard		61
Pt. 2		Pension Reform
2.1		The hidden liabilities of public pension plans in twelve EU-countries: What does it mean? by Jan B. Kune		79
2.2		Pensions in transition in the U.S. and Japan: Parallels and contrasts by Robert L. Clark		99
2.3		Transitional effects of a change in the Spanish pension system by Jose M. Bailen and Joan Gil		119
2.4		Financing old age in Singapore: Are there lessons for the welfare states? by Mukul G. Asher		152
2.5		Pay-as-you-go versus funded system of financing pensions in Central and Eastern Europe by Dejan Popovic and Gordana Ilic-Popov		178
2.6		Pension system reforms in Latin America: How much privatization? by Andras Uthoff Botka		203
Pt. 3		Health Care Insurance
3.1		Equity, cost containment and efficiency in health care: Can they be achieved by regulated competition? by Wynand P. M. M. van de Ven		225
3.2		Health care reform: What is the problem? by Joseph White		246
3.3		The social and economic consequences of delaying a political decision concerning reform of the health care system in Poland by Wanda Majewska		271
3.4		Provision and financing of long-term care for the elderly: The role of government by Stefan Felder and Peter Zweifel		287
Pt. 4		Healthy Life Expectancy
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