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Barriers to pension scheme participation in small and medium sized enterprises

Byrne, Alistair; Harrison, Debbie; Blake, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

interviews with individuals from a wide range of organisations active in the pensions market for these companies to shed light on … employed. We find that many finance directors are sceptical of the benefits of providing pensions for their employees and … providers are reluctant to promote pensions in companies where they perceive the management to be unsupportive and where there …

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Performance of personal pension schemes in the UK

Gregory, Alan; Tonks, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper examines the performance of personal pensions (exempt unit trusts) in the UK 1980-2000. Unitised personal …

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Political competition and societal veto players: the politics of pension reform in Southern Europe

Carrera, Leandro N.; Marina, Angelaki; Carolo, Daniel … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

While Southern European countries have pursued a series of pension reforms since the early 1990s, significant variation arises across them. Focusing on the concept of political replacement risk (the probability of a government being electorally punished for pursuing a given policy) and the...

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Heading for retirement? National Insurance, State Pensions, and the future of the contributory principle in the UK

Hills, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

from pensions and absorbed within other working age social security, or the scope of National Insurance could be maintained …

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Inclusion or insurance? National insurance and the future of the contributory principle

Hills, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

future development of state pensions, arguing that their combined effect is to restore something like a flat rate state … contribution records. This leaves a choice for the remaining sixth of National Insurance benefits: to separate out state pensions …

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Income mobility in old age in Britain and Germany

Zaidi, Asghar; Frick, Joachim R.; Buchel, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The increases in human longevity in recent decades and the trends for early retirement have posed new challenges for policy makers, and require a holistic understanding of the processes that influence the economic resources of older people. This paper contributes to this knowledge by examining...

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From Beveridge to Turner: demography, distribution and the future of pensions in the UK

Hills, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This article outlines the recommendations of the UK Pensions Commission, and the data and analysis on which they were … system. The Commission concluded that without reform, structural problems with UK pensions would lead to increasingly … have now largely been adopted by the UK government, imply eventual increases both in state spending on pensions as a share …

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Has ICT polarized skill demand? Evidence from eleven countries over 25 years

Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We test the hypothesis that information and communication technologies (ICT) “polarize” labor markets, by increasing demand for the highly educated at the expense of the middle educated, with little effect on low-educated workers. Using data on the US, Japan, and nine European countries from...

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Technological innovation and economic performance in the United Kingdom

Nickell, S. J.; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

Over the period since 1970, Britain has improved its relative productivity performance, but there remains a significant gap in market sector productivity between Britain and both Continental Europe and the United States. Much of the gap between Britain and Continental Europe is due to lower...

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Is Poland the next Spain?

Caselli, Francesco; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

efficiently. The other margin (within industry) reflects capital deepening and technology catchup at the industry level. In …

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