{"product_id":"demographic-change-and-fiscal-policy-paperback-9780521088275","title":"Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521088275","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemographic Change and Fiscal Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn analyses the effect of changing demography in the US and elsewhere on tax revenues and public programmes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan J. Auerbach (Edited by), Ronald D. Lee (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521088275, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e468 pages, 67 b\/w illus.  82 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"I recommend this book to anyone interested in social insurance programs or fiscal policy. The papers cover a wide spectrum and address important contemporary issues.\"   Eastern Economic Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs public expenditures on health, education and transfer programmes increase, demographic change has a growing impact on public expenditures, and the incentives for behaviour created by public transfer programs increase as well. The essays in this volume discuss such topics as: demographic change and the outlook for Social Security and Medicare in the United States; long-term decision making under uncertainty; the effect of changing family structure on government spending; how the structure of public retirement policies has encouraged early retirement in some countries and not others; the response of local community spending to demographic change; and related topics. Contributors include many of the world's leading public finance economists and economic demographers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Population forecasting for fiscal planning: issues and innovations Ronald Lee and Shripad Tuljapurkar\u003cbr\u003e Comment Daniel McFadden\u003cbr\u003e Comment James Smith\u003cbr\u003e 3. Uncertainty and the design of long-run fiscal policy Alan J. Auerbach and Kevin Hassett\u003cbr\u003e Comment Peter Diamond\u003cbr\u003e Comment Shripad Tuljapurkar\u003cbr\u003e 4. How does a community's demographic composition alter its fiscal burdens? Thomas MaCurdy and Thomas Nechyba\u003cbr\u003e Comment Hilary Hoynes\u003cbr\u003e Comment Robert Willis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social security, retirement incentives, and retirement behavior: an international perspective Jonathan Gruber and David Wise\u003cbr\u003e Comment Axel Borsh-Supan\u003cbr\u003e Comment Massimo Livi Bacci\u003cbr\u003e 6. Aging, fiscal policy and social insurances: a European perspective Bernd Raffelhüschen\u003cbr\u003e Comment David Weil\u003cbr\u003e Comment David Weir\u003cbr\u003e 7. Demographics and medical care spending: standard and non-standard effects David M. Cutler and Louise Sheiner\u003cbr\u003e Comment Victor Fuchs\u003cbr\u003e 8. Projecting Social Security's finances and its treatment of postwar Americans Steven Caldwell, Alla Gantman, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Thomas Johnson and Laurence J. Kotlikoff\u003cbr\u003e Comment Nada Eissa\u003cbr\u003e 9. Demographic change and public assistance expenditures Robert A. Moffitt\u003cbr\u003e Comment David Card\u003cbr\u003e Comment S. Philip Morgan.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Public finance [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Public finance\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Public%20finance%20%5BKFFD%5D%22\"\u003eKFFD\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Population \u0026amp; demography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Population \u0026amp; demography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Population%20\u0026amp;%20demography%20%5BJHBD%5D%22\"\u003eJHBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006368141592,"sku":"9780521088275","price":41.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521088275i.jpg?v=1694969398","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/demographic-change-and-fiscal-policy-paperback-9780521088275","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}