Population ageing is a significant demographic change. The Italian population is one of the
oldest in the world. Studies have demonstrated that the economic crisis, beginning in 2008 …

Population ageing, and the decline in the working-age population, represent a profound
global demographic shift. What political consequences do ageing populations have for the …

Since 1990 the age of the average OECD median voter has increased three times faster
than in the preceding 30 years. We use panel data from 1980–2002 to investigate the effects …

We are grateful to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and to the
Euro pean Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions for en abling us to or gan ize …

Government expenditure as a share of GDP in the OECD rose at an annual growth rate of
1.02% in the period between 1970 and 1997. Government spending has increased most on …

Conventional economic wisdom suggests that because of the aging process, social security
systems will have to be retrenched. In particular, retirement age will have to be largely …

What explains the cross-national variation in inflation rates across countries? In contrast to
most literature, which emphasizes the role of ideas and institutions, this article focuses on …

The demographic changes that have occurred in European countries in recent decades
have made the policies of the public pension system one of the most debated issues of the …

The purpose of our article is to assess the effect of diverse factors, such as economic,
demographic, and institutional factors, on global and social fiscal pressure. The study is …

Whereas the call for a political science based study of older people and ageing is not new
(Cutler 1977; Heclo 1988), relatively little unified progress has been made so far. This …