Universität Wien

040027 UK The Economic of Pensions (MA) (2016S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 02.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 09.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 16.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 06.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 13.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 20.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 27.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 04.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 11.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 18.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 25.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 01.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 08.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 15.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 22.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone
  • Mittwoch 29.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Studierzone

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Issues of pensions and retirement are hotly debated in the public arena. Is the pension system stable or do we need further reforms? What is the impact of the demographic development? Should the pay-as-you-go system be substituted by a funded system? What could be done to increase the retirement age?
This course deals with these and with related issues of the economics of retirement from a theoretical, empirical and political perspective. First, we will study central models of the literature (the life-cycle model, the overlapping-generations model), discuss the implications of these models for savings behavior, labor supply and the retirement decision and compare the theoretical predictions with the results from empirical papers. Second, we also plan to cover topics related to risk-sharing and to questions of the intergenerational and intergenerational distribution of pension systems. Finally, the course will also give an overview of the workings, the past reforms and the future challenges of real-world pension systems, in particular of the Austrian and the Swedish system.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

There will be a midterm exam (40%), a final exam (45%) and some homework or short essay assignments (15%).

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

The reading list includes:
Heijdra, B. J. (2009), Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, Oxford University Press (Chapters 16 and 17).
Barr, N. & Diamond, P. (2009), Pension Reform: A Short Guide, Oxford University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:28