Pension reform is an important topic, high on the agendas of most European countries, where countries are profoundly affected by an aging population, the result of lower fertility, and increased life expectancy, changes in family structure, and the effects of globalization. The book presents...

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword vii -- 1 Accelerating the European Pension Reform Agenda: Need, Progress,and Conceptual Underpinnings 1 -- 2 The Making of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Eastern Europe 47 -- 3 The Rediscovery of Politics: Democracy and Structural...

Mandatory pension systems can have a negative impact on individual savings and labor supply decisions. In particular, defined benefit pension schemes that are not actuarially fair, can create incentives for early retirement, and therefore, reduce labor supply and the stock of human capital....

Gegenstand der Untersuchung sind die Wirksamkeit arbeitsmarkpolitischer Maßnahmen und der Einfluß wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Sozialprogramme auf den Arbeitsmarkt in postkommunistischen Übergangsgesellschaften. Der Verfasser diskutiert vor dem Hintergrund von Erfahrungen in den OECD-Staaten...

The growing need for electric energy is forcing the construction industry to greater integration of energy production systems basing on renewable energy sources. The energy ought to be used not only to support functions of the building but also to charge electric vehicles, whose number has been...