Measuring Public Pension Liabilities in the European Union

Due to the demographic development, public pension systems in the European Union organized on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) principle will be forced to either raise contribution rates or taxes, shorten future replacement rates, or enforce a combination of both. In this regard, two important issues have to...

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Main Author: Weddige, Olaf (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2018
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