Public Pensions and Economic Growth

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Berthold U. Wigger

Public Pensions and Economic Growth With 11 Figures

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Berthold U. Wigger University of Mannheim Faculty of Economics Seminargebliude, AS 68131 Mannheim, Germany

Ais Habilitationsschrift auf Empfehlung der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultlit Mannheim gedruckt mit Unterstutzung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft.

ISBN 978-3-642-07759-3 ISBN 978-3-540-24801-9 (eBook) DOl 10.1007/978-3-540-24801-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Wigger. Berthold U.: Public pensions and economic growth I Berthold U. Wigger. Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Tokyo: Springer. 1001 Zugl.: Mannheim, Univ., Habil.-Schr. ISBN 978-3-642-07759-3

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Preface

This book contains material that I have presented in seminars at the Universities of Bochum, Mannheim, Munich, Salerno, and Southern California at Los Angeles, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, the Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, and on various international meetings and conferences. In preparing and revising the material I have benefited from comments, discussions, and advice from several colleagues. I had particularly close and friendly collaboration with Alexander Kemnitz and Robert von Weizsicker to whom I am very grateful. I am also grateful to Michele Boldrin, Axel Borsch-Supan, Friedrich Breyer, Karen Feist, Tullio Jappelli, Leo Kaas, Marco Pagano, Gerhard Schwooiauer, Carl Christian von Weizsacker, and Wolfgang Wiegard for their comments and suggestions. Finally, I would like to thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for financial support. Mannheim, January 2002

Berthold U. Wigger

Contents

1. Introduction

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2. Public Pensions and Economic Growth: