Premium
PENSION REFORM, POLITICAL PRESSURE AND PUBLIC CHOICE – THE CASE OF FRANCE
Author(s) -
Thompson Laura
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2008.00874.x
Subject(s) - pension , scope (computer science) , population ageing , politics , state (computer science) , pension system , public sector , economics , public choice , public economics , population , economic policy , political science , public administration , economy , finance , sociology , law , demography , algorithm , computer science , programming language
An ageing population and generous public sector pensions have put significant pressure on the funding of the French pension system making a reduction in the scope of state pension schemes imperative. Yet, as public‐choice theory would predict, lobbying by interest groups has made reform difficult to achieve.