Ages, Generations And The Social Contract: The Demographic Challenges Facing The Welfare State

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In this important and timely book, researchers from different countries compare their experiences and offer contrasting views on the future of social protection. They consider the theoretical aspects of the intergenerational debate, relations between generations within the family, the living standards of elderly people, and the question of social time. For the first time in history, three and sometimes four generations are living at the same time; this book examines the new interactions between family change, labour force participation and population ageing.

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Ages, Generations and the Social Contract Ages, Generations and the Social Contract The Demographic Challenges Facing the Welfare State by JACQUES VÉRON Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France SOPHIE PENNEC Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France JACQUES LÉGARÉ Université de Montréal, QC, Canada A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4020-5972-8 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-5973-5 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacques Véron and Sophie Pennec ix Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . François Héran xi Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacques Véron, Sophie Pennec, Jacques Légaré 1 PART I Changing Background of Intergenerational Relationships 15 1. Demographic Change, Welfare, and Intergenerational Transfers: A Global Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronald D. Lee 17 2. Demographic Context of the Social Contract in Developed Countries: Unity and Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacques Véron and Sophie Pennec 45 PART II Generations, Social Contract and Labour Force Participation: Theoretical and Empirical Issues 59 3. Economics of the Intergenerational Debate: Normative, Accounting and Political Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . André Masson 61 4. Reorganizing the Activity Cycle: The Stakes in a New Social Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernard Perret 105 v vi CONTENTS 5. Social Contract and Age at Retirement: Some Elements of a Franco-American Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Aubert, Didier Blanchet, David Blau 115 6. Longevity and Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Pestieau 155 PART III 167 Family and Relationships Between Generations 7. Changes to the Legal Relationship Between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Quebec:
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