Sharing the Wealth by Andrew Mason

Sharing the Wealth by Andrew Mason

This book is a collection of papers by leading scholars whose research concerns economic transfers between generations. The issues addressed have great relevance to demographic issues, particularly the determination of fertility, to economic issues, including equity and growth, and to public policy, especially social security reform. Part I focuses on intergenerational features of the macroeconomy. Advances in the construct ion of generational accounts are described and used to examine how the magnitude and direction of intergenerational transfers influences demographic behaviour, the distribution of income and the accumulation of wealth. Studies presented in Part II consider the role of the state as a provider of economic security for the elderly. The authors draw on international experience and discuss many of the issues that must be confronted if efforts to reform public pension programs are to be successful. Part III considers the intergenerational behaviour of the family. The authors examine competing theories in both industrialized and developing country settings to consider how demographic change, the development of financial institutions, public policy and other economic forces influence the amount, form and timing of intergenerational transfers.

All of the essays in this book are informative, they hang together well, and the editors' introduction provides a valuable synthesis * Population and Development Review, Vol27, No.4 *

Andrew Mason is Professor of Economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Senior Fellow and former Director of the Program on Population at the East-West Center. He has served on advisory committees and as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the US National Academy of Sciences, the US Agency for International Development, and the United Nations. Georges Tapinos is Professor of Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, and a former General Secretary of IUSSP.

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ISBN 13	9780198296201
ISBN 10	0198296207
Title	Sharing the Wealth
Author	Andrew Mason
Series	International Studies In Demography
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2000-09-07
Number of pages	424
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