Reforming Pensions in Europe

by Hughes, Gerard; Stewart, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781843765226
• ISBN10: 1843765225
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
Gist of Tables	viii
List of Contributors	xi
Acknowledgements	xiv
1 Introduction	1	(10)
Gerard Hughes and Jim Stewart
PART I PENSION REFORMS: ISSUES AND DEBATES
2 The 2001 Pension Reform Act in Germany and Income in Old Age	11	(28)
Holger Viebrok
3 Are the UK's Pension Objectives Attainable?	39	(16)
Sue Ward
4 Pension Privatisation in Hungary and Poland: A Comparative Overview	55	(18)
Elaine Fultz
5 Labour Cost, Social Security and Employee Severance Funds	73	(32)
Felice Roberto Pizzuti
PART II PENSION REFORMS AND INCOMES OF THE ELDERLY
6 The Impact of Pension Reforms on Older People's Income: A Comparative View	105	(34)
Antoine Math
7 Income of Retired Persons in Ireland: Some Evidence from Household Budget Surveys	139	(24)
Peter Connell and Jim Stewart
8 Financing Pensions by Stealth: The Anglo-American Model and the Cost and Distribution of Tax Benefits for Private Pensions	163	(30)
Gerard Hughes and Adrian Sinfield
9 Labour Market Changes and Pension Entitlement in France: What Prospects?	193	(14)
Jean-Marc Dupuis and Claire El Moulden
10 Germany's Pension Reform in 2001: More or Less Gender Equality?	207	(18)
Mechthild Veil
11 Occupational Pensions in Sweden from a Gender Perspective	225	(22)
Lena Granquist and Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg
PART III CHANGINg FORMS OF SOLIDARITY
12 Intergenerational Equity and Pension Reform	247	(38)
Pierre Concialdi and Arnaud Lechevalier
13 Pathways to Pension Coverage	285	(16)
Martin Rein and John Turner
Index	301