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 …

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 …

Successive reforms enacted since the 1990s have dramatically changed Europe’s pensions landscape. This paper tries to … inadequate, particularly in Eastern European countries. Similarly while the generosity of minimum pensions appears to have either … impact of price indexation on the relative adequacy of state pensions is becoming even more substantial in view of the …

weakest in the UK, where there is evidence of a pensions’ poverty trap and where only predominantly full-time employment is …

weakest in the UK, where there is evidence of a pensions’ poverty trap and where only predominantly full-time employment is …

low-skilled women. Recent pensions reforms should eventually produce more equitable outcomes as between men and women …

strong in those countries where minimum pensions were improved. However, moves to link benefits to contributions have raised …

's pensions landscape. Nevertheless there remain concerns about future costs, while unease about adequacy is growing. This study … longevity and changes in the value of pensions during retirement. Moreover, rather than focusing only on average earners with … function remains strong, particularly where minimum pensions have improved. However, moves to link benefits to contributions …