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Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 90.00This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing governments in the UK and beyond: the high number of people of working age claiming 'disability' or 'incapacity' benefits. more...
Asset Allocation Considerations for Pension Insurance Funds
Springer 2013; US$ 69.99The central research objective of the dissertation is to assess the suitability of Social Responsible Investments (SRIs) as well as alternative investments for the strategic asset allocation of German Pension Insurance Funds (Pensionskassen). Using a Vector Error Correction model, we estimate the data generating process of the underlying input variables.... more...
Regulierte Wohlfahrtsmärkte
Campus Verlag 2013; US$ 48.91Hauptbeschreibung Eine Dekade nach der deutschen Rentenreform im Jahr 2001 wird an den Ergebnissen vernehmliche Kritik geäußert. Großbritannien gilt als Vorreiter dieser Reformen, nachdem dort im Jahr 1988 die Privatisierung von Sozialleistungen und die Regulierung des neuen Marktes für Rentenprodukte eingeführt wurden. Michaela Willert vergleicht... more...
China's Pension System
World Bank Publications 2013; US$ 24.99Comprehensive reform of Chinas pension and social security system is an essential element of achieving its objectives of a harmonious society and sustainable development. Over the past few years, the Government has considered various options and initiated several significant measures. In 2009 the authorities established a national framework for... more...
Stochastic Methods for Pension Funds
Wiley 2013; US$ 175.00Quantitative finance has become these last years a extraordinary field of research and interest as well from an academic point of view as for practical applications. At the same time, pension issue is clearly a major economical and financial topic for the next decades in the context of the well-known longevity risk. Surprisingly few books are devoted... more...
Inventory of Estimated Budgetary Support and Tax Expenditures for Fossil Fuels 2013
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2013; US$ 154.00This Inventory is concerned with direct budgetary transfers and tax expenditures that relate to fossil fuels, regardless of their impact or of the purpose for which the measures were first put in place. It has been undertaken as an exercise in transparency, and to inform the international dialogue on fossil-fuel subsidy reform. For each of the 34 OECD... more...
The Handbook of Work-based Pension Schemes
Kogan Page 2013; US$ 29.99From 2012, all UK employers will be expected to start offering a pension to any employee who earns more than ?5,000. This compulsory measure has far-reaching consequences for all players: not only will many new pension customers be brought into the market, but companies face strict deadlines and major fines if they do not... more...
Twenty Good Summers
Allen & Unwin 2013; US$ 18.17A personal finance guide for baby boomers to help them use the money they have to create income for a good semi-retirement. more...
Betriebliche Altersversorgung
Haufe Lexware Verlag 2012; US$ 48.91Hauptbeschreibung Holen Sie sich aktuelle Informationen und konkrete Anleitungen zur Gestaltung der betrieblichen Altersversorgung. Das Buch erläutert das Betriebsrentengesetz (BetrAVG) und geht auf alle steuerlichen, sozialversicherungsrechtlichen und bilanziellen Fragen ein. Die Autoren sind Experten auf dem Gebiet der betrieblichen Altersversorgung... more...
OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Israel 2012: Raising Standards
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012; US$ 50.00At a time when ever more information is available about the quality of health care, the challenge for policy makers is to better understand the policies and approaches that sit behind the numbers. This book examines whether care in Israel is safe, effective and responsive to patients needs. It examines what works and what does... more...









