Ebook: Institutional and Financial Incentives for Social Insurance

Institutional and Financial Incentives for Social Insurance provides both an empirical and a theoretical account of the main difficulties presently threatening social insurance systems in most industrialized countries. It analyzes the remedies that have been discussed and sometimes introduced and addresses many questions still left largely unresolved: Are newly implemented or proposed reforms providing the correct incentives to all participants in the system? Is the quality of service improving and, if not, what can be done? How should the budgetary problems be solved considering both intra-generational and inter-generational redistributive policies?

The volume describes a number of studies of social security systems in various countries and assesses the effect of various policies, including welfare or unemployment benefits, training and other active labour market policies, the provision of pension, and competition and budget devolution in health care. It applies empirical tests to individual preferences concerning unemployment compensation, and it analyzes nonfunded and funded social security systems, the transition from one system to the other, and the willingness to pay for pensions.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Effects of Welfare Benefits on the Duration of Welfare Spells: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Canada....Pages 1-23
The Design of Active Labour Market Policies. What Matters and What Doesn’t?....Pages 25-50
Labor Market Policies and Equilibrium Employment: Theory and Application for Belgium....Pages 51-71
Unemployment Compensation Preferences: Insurance and Solidarity....Pages 73-101
Competition and Budget Devolution in Health Care: UK Experience and Future Plans for Change....Pages 103-119
Pension Provision in The United States....Pages 121-152
The Willingness to Pay for Pensions....Pages 153-174
Voluntary Pay-As-You-Go Social Security and Intergenerational Risk Sharing....Pages 175-189
The Transition from Unfunded to Funded Social Security Might Not be as Painful as You Think....Pages 191-200
Voting Over Social Security with Uncertain Lifetimes....Pages 201-220
The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security....Pages 221-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-242

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Effects of Welfare Benefits on the Duration of Welfare Spells: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Canada....Pages 1-23
The Design of Active Labour Market Policies. What Matters and What Doesn’t?....Pages 25-50
Labor Market Policies and Equilibrium Employment: Theory and Application for Belgium....Pages 51-71
Unemployment Compensation Preferences: Insurance and Solidarity....Pages 73-101
Competition and Budget Devolution in Health Care: UK Experience and Future Plans for Change....Pages 103-119
Pension Provision in The United States....Pages 121-152
The Willingness to Pay for Pensions....Pages 153-174
Voluntary Pay-As-You-Go Social Security and Intergenerational Risk Sharing....Pages 175-189
The Transition from Unfunded to Funded Social Security Might Not be as Painful as You Think....Pages 191-200
Voting Over Social Security with Uncertain Lifetimes....Pages 201-220
The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security....Pages 221-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-242
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