Sustainable Pension and Social Security Reform in Ageing Economies: Adequacy, Fiscal Sustainability and Intergenerational Equity
A Special Issue of Economies (ISSN 2227-7099) belonging to the section "Labour and Education".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 151
Editor
Interests: actuarial balance sheets and automatic balance mechanisms; actuarial fairness, redistribution and gender equity in social security systems; demographic coherence and mortality assumptions in actuarial modelling; divorce insurance and financial protection against marital dissolution; life care annuities, long-term care insurance and long-term care financing; longevity risk; notional defined contribution schemes and pay-as-you-go pension systems; transparency, solvency and financial sustainability; public pension reform; retirement, disability and survivor pensions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ageing economies face a difficult policy challenge: maintaining adequate income protection across the life course while keeping pension and social security commitments fiscally sustainable and fair across generations. This Special Issue welcomes contributions that examine how pension and social security systems can be adapted to demographic change without treating adequacy, fiscal sustainability and intergenerational equity as separate objectives.
We are particularly interested in analyses that connect institutional design, actuarial evaluation, demographic change, labour-market dynamics and public policy. Relevant contributions may address reform strategies, automatic adjustment mechanisms, benefit design, retirement pathways, disability and survivor protection, long-term care, longevity risk and the distributive effects of social security reforms. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome, including multidisciplinary approaches and studies combining micro-level evidence with broader implications for public finance and social welfare.
Comparative analyses across countries, welfare regimes and institutional settings are especially encouraged, as ageing societies face common pressures but respond through different policy architectures. By bringing together perspectives from economics, actuarial science, demography, law, sociology and social policy, this Special Issue aims to complement the existing literature and contribute to a more integrated understanding of sustainable pension and social security reform in ageing economies.
Prof. Dr. Carlos Vidal-Meliá
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- actuarial fairness
- disability pensions
- fiscal sustainability
- intergenerational equity
- longevity risk
- long-term care
- notional defined contribution schemes
- pension adequacy
- pension reform
- population ageing
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