Social Security and Economic Globalization

Abstract

Considers aspects of social security--defined to include labor market standards--in a world with regional integration and economic globalization. Discusses key problems--globalization, taxation, social security, and immigration; key problems--globalization dynamics; key problems--pension reform problems and occupational health standards; and theoretical aspects of globalization, economic growth, and social security. Welfens is with the European Institute for International Economic Relations at the University of Wuppertal and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University. No index.