Social security pension reform in Europe
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Chicago :
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2002.
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| 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.