Age, Generations and the Social Contract

Foreword. Jacques VERON and Sophie PENNEC

Preface. François HÉRAN - Comments on the Social Contract and the Intergenerational Equity
Introduction. Jacques VERON, Sophie PENNEC & Jacques LEGARE

Section I. Changing Background of Intergenerational Relationships

• Chapter 1. Ronald LEE - Demographic Change, Welfare and Intergenerational Transfers: a Global Overview
• Chapter 2. Jacques VÉRON & Sophie PENNEC - Demographic Context of the Social Contract in Developed Countries: Unity and Diversity

Section II. Generations, Social Contract and Labour Force Participation : Theoretical and Empirical Issues

• Chapter 3. André MASSON - Economics of the Intergenerational Debate: Normative, Accounting and Political Viewpoints
• Chapter 4. Bernard PERRET - Reorganizing the Activity Cycle: The Stakes in a New Social Contract
• Chapter 5. Patrick AUBERT, Didier BLANCHET & David BLAU - Social Contract and Age at Retirement: Some Elements of a Franco-American Comparison
• Chapter 6. Pierre PESTIEAU - Longevity and Work

Section III. Family and Relationships between Generations

• Chapter 7. René JOYAL - The Legal Relationship between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Quebec: A Disconcerting Evolution
• Chapter 8. Jenny GIERVELD - Demographic Changes and the Social Contract of Informal Support within the Family
• Chapter 9. Constanza TOBIO - Change and Reciprocity in Intergenerational Relationships: The discourse of Spanish Working Mothers
• Chapter 10. Emily GRUNDY - Intergenerational Exchanges in Older Populations
• Chapter 11. Christian DELBÈS & Joëlle GAYMU - Family Solidarities at the Beginning of Retirement in France

Section IV. Redistribution and Intergenerational Equity

• Chapter 12. Christina BEHRENDT - Pensions and Income Redistribution in a Comparative perspective: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study
• Chapter 13. Hervé GAUTHIER - Social Spendings: Recent Changes and Conditions for its Long-term Viability
• Chapter 14. Susan MCDANIEL - Pensions, Privilege and Poverty: Another ’Take’ on Intergenerational Equity

Section V. Social Time

• Chapter 15. Harriet B. PRESSER - Toward a 24 -Hour Economy: Implications for the Temporal Structure and Functioning of Family Life
• Chapter 16. Evelyne LAPIERRE-ADAMCYK, Nicole MARCIL-GRATTON & Céline LE BOURDAIS - Working Schedules: in Search of a Balance between Family Time and Economic Wellbeing
• Chapter 17. Leroy O. STONE - Determinants of Paths of Transition to Total-Work Retirement: a Preliminary Empirical Analysis

Concluding Remarks. Beyond Mecanicism: Norms and Values. Jacques VERON & Sophie PENNEC

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