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UNINA9910456288003321 |
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Aging and demographic change in Canadian context / / edited by David Cheal |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002 |
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1-281-99613-0 |
9786611996130 |
1-4426-7073-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Policy Research: The Trends Project Series |
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Aging - Social aspects - Canada |
Age distribution (Demography) - Canada |
Vieillissement - Aspect social - Canada |
Répartition par âge (Démographie) - Canada |
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Canada Population policy |
Canada Social conditions 1991- |
Canada Population |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Contextualizing Demographic Concerns / Cheal, David -- 2. Intergenerational Interlinkages: Public, Family, and Work / McDaniel, Susan A. -- 3. Aging, Language, and Culture / Thorpe, Douglas -- 4. The Impact of Demographic and Social Trends on Informal Support for Older Persons -- 5. Aging and Productivity: What Do We Know? / Prager, Joel -- 6. Work and Leisure: A Question of Balance / Thomas, Marty / Venne, Rosemary A. -- 7. Catching Up with Diversity in Intergenerational Relationships / Tindale, Joseph A. / Norris, Joan E. / Abbott, Krista -- Appendix: Iowa City Declaration -- Bibliography |
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The Canadian population is aging. As the "Baby-Boomer" generation reaches retirement age, policy-makers have begun to fear the economic and demographic challenges ahead. Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context responds to this alarmist view. The contributors present several alternative perspectives and question whether an aging society is necessarily inferior or problematic compared with the recent past, cautioning that exaggerated concerns about population aging can be harmful to rational policy making. The contributors argue that it is important to develop forward-looking programs that may influence life course trajectories in favourable directions, and that these new policies should be developed with respect to the life course considered as a whole. "Old age" is a slippery concept, and the effective boundaries between it and "middle age" are not always clear. The essays in Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context address these challenges and seek to broaden public discussion on aging and Canadian public policy. |
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UNINA9910456689803321 |
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Evaluating the financial performance of pension funds [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Hinz ... [et al.], editors |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2010 |
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1-282-46258-X |
9786612462580 |
0-8213-8160-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (479 p.) |
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Collana |
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Directions in development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Pension trusts - Evaluation |
Rate of return - Evaluation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; |
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Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Evaluating the Financial Performance of Pension Funds; Chapter 2: Investment Performance of Privately Managed Pension Funds: Overview of the Available Data; Chapter 3: Financial Performance of Pension Funds: An Exploratory Study; Chapter 4: Portfolio Choice, Minimum Return Guarantees, and Competition in Defined Contribution Pension Systems; Chapter 5: Labor Market Uncertainty and Pension System Performance; Chapter 6: Pension Funds, Life-Cycle Asset Allocation, and Performance Evaluation |
Chapter 7: Application of Advances in Financial Theory and Evidence to Pension Fund Design in Developing EconomiesChapter 8: Future Directions in Measuring the Financial Performance of Pension Funds: A Roundtable Discussion; Index; Back cover |
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Countries throughout the world are increasingly relying on individual pension savings accounts to provide income replacement in old age for their citizens. Although these have now been in place for several decades, the metrics for the measurement of their performance has not always meaningful from the perspective the long term objectives of pension funds. The recent financial crisis has highlighted the need to establish meaningful performance measures that consider pension funds in relation to the ability to effectively provide income replacement at retirement age. The book discusses the theor |
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