Ageing, social security and affordability / edited by Theodore R. Marmor, Philip R. De Jong.

"FISS"--Cover.

"Selection of papers presented at three international research seminars on 'Issues in social security', held respectively on 28-29 May, 17-20 June 1995, and 11-14 May 1996 in Sigtuna, Sweden"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Social assistance in the member states of the European Union : common features and continuing differences / Bernd Schulte -- Relation between social and occupational security / Martin Rein and Eskil Wadensjö -- Legal indexation of social security benefits : an international comparison of systems and their effects / Henk Vording and Kees Goudswaard -- Hidden liabilities of public pension plans in twelve EU-contries : what does it mean? / Jan B. Kuné -- Pensions in transition in the U.S. and Japan : parallels and contrasts / Robert L. Clark -- Transitional effects of a change in the Spanish pension system / José M. Bailén and Joan Gil -- Financing old age in Singapore : are there lessons for the welfare states? / Mukul G. Asher -- Pay-as-you-go versus funded system of financing pensions in Central and Eastern Europe / Dejan Popovic and Gordana Ilic-Popov -- Pension system reforms in Latin America : how much privatization? / Andras Uthoff Botka -- Equity, cost containment and efficiency in health care : can they be achieved by regulated competition? / Wyand P.M.M. van de Ven -- Health care reform : what is the problem? / Joseph White -- Social and economic consequences of delaying a political decision concerning reform of the health care system in Poland / Wanda Majewska -- Provision and financing of long-term care for the elderly : the role of government / Stefan Felder and Peter Zweifel -- Impact of the evolution of health expectancy on future public health care expenditures / Madeleine Rochon -- Forecasts of future disabled and institutionalized US populations 1995 to 2040 / Kenneth G. Manton and Larry S. Corder.