Pension Reform in Six Countries : What Can We Learn From Each Other?

edited by Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Meinhard Miegel

The provision of retirement income is a dynamic system that needs to be constantly adapted to the ever changing economic and social environment. When incremental adaptations are not sufficient, larger reform steps are necessary. At this juncture of history, almost all industrialized countries face rapid population aging and need to adapt their pension systems to this historically unprecedented demographic change. The six countries in this study (Chile, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States) have responded to the new challenge very differently. The book cannot provide a universally optimal solution to the pension problems caused by population aging, because the six countries are simply too different in terms of their demographic, cultural, historical and economic backgrounds. However, since national discussions tend to be surprisingly narrowly focussed even in times of globalization, there is much to learn by looking over the neighbor's fence

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Year of publication:	2001
Other Persons:	Börsch-Supan, Axel H. (ed.) ; Miegel, Meinhard (ed.)
Publisher:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subject:	Rentenreform \| Pension reform \| Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung \| Public pension system \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Niederlande \| Netherlands \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Chile \| Schweiz \| Switzerland

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (VIII, 176 p) online resource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Six Countries - And No Pension System AlikeReferences -- 1 The German Retirement Insurance System -- 1.1 A Brief History of the German Public Pension System -- 1.2 The Pillars Providing Retirement Income in Germany -- 1.3 Future Developments -- 1.4 Current Reform Options -- References -- 2 The Dutch Pension System -- 2.1 A Brief History of the Dutch Pension System -- 2.2 The Pillars Providing Retirement Income in the Netherlands -- 2.3 Future Developments -- 2.4 Current Reform Options -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 The Swiss Three-Pillar Model -- 3.1 A Brief Look at How the Swiss System of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Evolved -- 3.2 The Three Pillars of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance in Switzerland -- 3.3 Future Developments -- 3.4 Amendments under Discussion -- References -- 4 The UK System of Pension Provision -- 4.1 The Evolution of the UK Pension System -- 4.2 The Development of a Multi-Pillar Pension System from 1975 to 1999 -- 4.3 Future Prospects for the UK Pension Scheme -- 4.4 Public Attitudes to Pension Reform -- 4.5 A Summing Up -- References -- 5 United States: Support in Retirement: Where We Are and Where We Are Going -- 5.1 Overview of the United States Social Security System -- 5.2 Social Security and Other Forms of Retirement Support -- 5.3 Future Developments -- 5.4 Social Security Reform -- 5.5 Summary -- References -- 6 Chile’s Pension Revolution Coming of Age -- 6.1 A Brief History: From Public Pay-As-You-Go to Private Fully-Funded Pensions -- 6.2 The Pillars -- 6.3 Current Shortcomings Of Chile’s Pension System And Reform Options -- 6.4 Conclusions -- References -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors.
ISBN:	978-3-642-56696-7 ; 978-3-642-62592-3
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-642-56696-7 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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