Economic Well-Being of the Elderly: A Comparison Across Five European Countries

ISBN-13: 9780815394938 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 270 str.

Nada Stropnik; Tine Stanovnik

Opis

Providing an in-depth analysis of the economic well-being of the elderly in the UK, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, this book offers an assessment of the performance of national social security systems in terms of income provision for the elderly.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction and comparative summary, Tine Stanovnik, Carl Emmerson, Christopher Prinz, Zsolt Spéder, Nada Stropnik and Adam Szulc. Transition Countries: Hungary: getting better and becoming dissimilar, Zsolt Spéder; Poland: transition gainers with an uncertain future, Adam Szulc; Slovenia: income stability in a turbulent period of economic transition, Tine Stanovnik and Nada Stropnik. Non-Transition Economies: Austria: do trends in income distribution influence policy?, Christopher Prinz; Reforms in the UK: involving the private sector, Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Gary Stears; Contributors.

O autorze

Stropnik, Nada; Stanovnik, Tine