Economic Challenges of Pension Systems

lt;b> Marta Peris-Ortiz is Full Professor at Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). Her current research is focused on the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and education innovation. She has co-edited and authored many scholarly books and articles in various international journals. She is also on the editorial boards of several international journals.
José Álvarez García is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting at the Faculty of Business, Finance and Tourism,  University of Extremadura (Spain). Dr. Álvarez García's teaching and research is centered on Tourism Business.
Inmaculada Domínguez Fabián has a degree in Economics and Business Administration, a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Management and a PhD in Economics from the University of Extremadura (Spain). She is currently General Secretary of the University of Extremadura.
Pierre Devolder is Professor of Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Sciences. His main research interests are pension funding, the application of stochastic processes to finance and insurance, fair valuation and solvency of insurance liabilities.

Chapter 1. Public Pensions Systems. Bibliometric Study of Academic Publications in Scientific Journals.- Chapter 2. Demographic and Social Challenges in the Design of Public Pension Schemes.- Chapter 3. The Public Pension Systems and the Economic Crisis.- Chapter 4. Pensions, Economic Growth and Welfare in Advanced Economies.- Chapter 5. Pension Systems and Labour Market Participation in European Countries.- Chapter 6. Sustainability of Public Pension Systems.- Chapter 7. Equity of Public Pension Systems.- Chapter 8. Adequacy of Public Pension Systems.- Chapter 9. Longevity Insurance Benefits for Social Security: International Experience.- Chapter 10. The French Mandatory Occupational Pension Scheme: History and Properties of a Point System.- Chapter 11. Last Lessons Learned from the Swedish Public Pension System.- Chapter 12. The New Wave of Pension Reforms in Latin America.- Chapter 13. Financial Sustainability of the Algerian Retirement System: a Perspective Analysis of the 50 Coming Years.- Chapter 14. Pension Design and Risk Sharing: Mixed Solutions Between Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution for Public Pension Schemes.- Chapter 15. Automatic Balancing Mechanisms for Pay-As-You-Go Pension Finance: Do they Actually Work?- Chapter 16. The Role of Complementary Pensions.- Chapter 17. A Two-Regime Performance Test of the Mexican Public Pension Funds (SIEFOREs).- Chapter 18. Regime-Switching in the Volatility of Mexican Pension Fund Returns.- Chapter 19. Critical Issues of Public Pension System: the Italian Case.- Chapter 20. Reinventing Social Security: Towards a Mixed Two-steps Pension System.