The Public Economics of Changing Longevity (Elements in Public Economics)
Pierre Pestieau
Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, but at the same time substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations across income classes. This Element aims to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on the design of optimal public policy. For that purpose, it first focuses on some difficulties raised by risky and varying lifetime for the representation of individual and social preferences. Then, it explore some central implications of changing longevity for optimal policy making, regarding prevention against premature death, pension policies, education, health care and long-term care. The author distinguishes between the case when longevity is partially the responsibility of individuals and the case when longevity is plainly exogenous.
ปี:
2022
ฉบับพิมพ์ครั้งที่:
New
สำนักพิมพ์:
Cambridge University Press
ภาษา:
english
จำนวนหน้า:
75
ISBN 10:
1009170856
ISBN 13:
9781009170857
ไฟล์:
PDF, 1.49 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2022