Introduction: A European Perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: An American Perspective 1
6. Introduction: A European Perspective 9
7. 1. Pensions and Contemporary Socioeconomic Change 19
8. 2. Different Approaches to Pension Reform from an Economic Point of View 49
9. 3. Labor Mobility, Redistribution, and Pension Reform in Europe 85
10. 4. France: The Difficult Path to Consensual Reforms 109
11. 5. The German Pension System: Status Quo and Reform Options 137
12. 6. Swedish Pension Reform: How Did It Evolve, and What Does It Mean for the Future? 171
13. 7. Italy: A Never-Ending Pension Reform 211
14. 8. Prefunding in a Defined Benefit Pension System: The Finnish Case 263
15. 9. Pension Reform: Issues in the Netherlands 291
16. 10. The United Kingdom: Examining the Switch from Low Public Pensions to High-Cost Private Pensions 317
17. 11. Poland: Security through Diversity 349
18. 12. The Hungarian Pension Reform: A Preliminary Assessment of the First Years of Implementation 365
19. 13. Romania’s Pension System: From Crisis to Reform 401
20. 14. Recent Developments in Old Age Pension Systems: An International Overview 439
21. Appendix: OECD Statistical and Analytical Information on Aging 479
22. Contributors 483
23. Author Index 487
24. Subject Index 493