This paper demonstrates that the link between heterogeneity in longevity and lifetime income across countries is mostly … significantly reduce the effects of heterogeneity in longevity through changes in pension design. The paper suggests and explores a …

The introduction of NDC public pension scheme in few European countries, such as Latvia, Sweden, Italy, and Poland, in … accounts. However, some degree of political involvement with the working of the pension systems has continued (f.e., in Italy … with a discontinuous working history in Italy and Sweden suggest that the replacement rates will be low, unless the …

This chapter defines a universal public pension scheme (UPPS) as a government-mandated lifecycle longevity insurance …

countries. In the paper, we compare the labour market developments in four countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. There … and Sweden are in contrast with low levels of employment in Italy and Poland. In the latter two countries, there is also a …

benefits. Of these two distinct policy approaches to coping with the fiscal consequences of improving longevity, increasing the …

a strong association between lifetime earnings and life expectancy at age 65 and show that the longevity gap is … increasing across cohorts. For West German men born 1926–28, the longevity gap between top and bottom decile amounts to about 4 … structure across cohorts, which is consistent with the increasing longevity gap …