During the next decades the populations of most developed countries will grow older as a result of the low level of birth rates since the 1970s and/or the continuously increasing life expectancy. We show within a Generational Accounting framework how unsustainable the public finances of France,...

During the next decades the populations of most developed countries will grow older as a result of the low level of birth rates since the 1970s and/or the continuously increasing life expectancy. We show within a Generational Accounting framework how unsustainable the public finances of France,...

Prof. Dr. Bernd Raffelhüschen, Stefan Fetzer und Christian Hagist, Universität Freiburg, untersuchen mit Hilfe der Generationenbilanzierung, welche Auswirkungen die aktuellen Vorschläge (nämlich Bürgerversicherung oder Gesundheitsprämien) zur Reform der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung,...