Social security pension reform in Europe
edited by Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert.
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (515 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Papers presented at a conference held in Berlin, Germany in March of 2000.. - Machine generated contents note: Introduction: An American Perspective I -- Martin Feldstein -- Introduction: A European Perspective 9 -- Horst Siebert -- 1. Pensions and Contemporary Socioeconomic Change 19 -- Assar Lindbeck -- Discussion Summary -- 2. Different Approaches to Pension Reform from an Economic Point of View 49 -- Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise -- Comment: Herbert Hax -- Discussion Summary -- 3. Labor Mobility, Redistribution, and Pension Reform in Europe 85 -- Alain Jousten and Pierre Pestieau -- Comment: Michael Burda -- Discussion Summary -- 4. France: The Difficult Path to Consensual Reforms 109 -- Didier Blanchet and Florence Legros -- Comment: Martine Durand -- Discussion Summary -- 5. The German Pension System: Status Quo and Reform Options 137 -- Bert Riirup -- Comment: Axel Bbrsch-Supan -- Discussion Summary -- 6. Swedish Pension Reform: How Did It Evolve, and What Does It Mean for the Future? 171 -- Edward Palmer -- Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- Discussion Summary -- 7. Italy: A Never-Ending Pension Reform 211 -- Daniele Franco -- Comment: Franco Peracchi -- Discussion Summary -- 8. Prefunding in a Defined Benefit Pension System: The Finnish Case 263 -- Jukka Lassila and Tarmo Valkonen -- Comment: Reijo Vanne -- Discussion Summary -- 9. Pension Reform: Issues in the Netherlands 291 -- Jeroen J. M. Kremers -- Comment: A. Lans Bovenberg -- Discussion Summary -- 10. The United Kingdom: Examining the Switch -- from Low Public Pensions to High-Cost Private Pensions 317 -- David Blake -- Comment: Andrew A. Samwick -- Discussion Summary -- 11. Poland: Security through Diversity 349 -- Jerzy Hausner -- 12. The Hungarian Pension Reform: A Preliminary -- Assessment of the First Years of Implementation 365 -- Roberto Rocha and Dimitri Vittas -- 13. Romania's Pension System: From Crisis to Reform 401 -- Georges de Menil and Eytan Sheshinski -- Comment (on chaps. 11, 12 and 13): John McHale -- Discussion Summary (for chaps. 11, 12 and 13) -- 14. Recent Developments in Old Age Pension Systems: An International Overview 439 -- Klaus-Jiirgen Gem -- Appendix: OECD Statistical and Analytical -- Information on Aging 479.. - Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in the aging societies of Europe. A remarkable range of European nations-Germany, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Hungary-have implemented or are about to implement mixed Social Security systems that combine a traditional defined benefit
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| Emner | Pension trusts - Investments - Europe
Pensions - Finance - Europe Privatization - Europe Social security - Europe pensjonsfond privatisering alderstrygd Europa |
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| ISBN | 0226241084
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