Description
Book SynopsisThis timely book provides an authoritative analysis of the pension reform process in nine countries, namely Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and USA, with Japan being covered in the introduction by the editors. The book draws on the work of experts from each of these countries to provide a picture of how the pension systems work in each country.
The contributors examine the policy reform process in each country, against the background of the fiscal stresses arising from the ageing populations in OECD countries. They also analyse whether different types of pension delivery systems (e.g. the public-private mix) generate different standards of living. Each study is prepared according to a common template allowing meaningful analysis of pension delivery and outcomes across countries using similar macroeconomic statistics and microdata.
Pension Systems and Retirement Incomes across OECD Countries is an extremely valuable and empirically sound book on a highly topical subject. It will appeal to scholars of economics, public policy, political science and finance as well as being of great interest to policymakers and practitioners involved in pension fund management.
Trade Review'This is a readable work, accessible to the non economist.' -- Ken Marston, Australasian Journal on Ageing
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. An Overview 2. Pension Provision in Australia 3. Pension Provision in Canada 4. Pension Provision in France 5. Pension Provision in Germany 6. Pension Provision in Italy 7. Pension Provision in the Netherlands 8. Pension Provision in New Zealand 9. Pension Provision in the United Kingdom 10. Pension Provision in the United States Index
