Publisher's Synopsis
This book contains an edited selection of papers presented at the Fifth International Research Seminar on 'Issues in Social Security,' held in Sweden on 14?17 June 1997 by the Foundation for International Studies in Social Security (FISS) in memory of Brian Abel-Smith. The chapters cover a wide range of subjects related to old age pension reform, family policy, employment, privatization of social security and health care. Authors form a body of well-established researchers and scholars of world wide reputation, as well as younger scientists, stemming from various continents and representing a range of relevant disciplines.
