Social security pension reform in Europe

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Feldstein, Martin S., Siebert, Horst, 1938-2009
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.