provide occupational pensions for their employees. Independent 'pension funds' and 'support funds' have been established in 28 … from their own accruals. 'Pension funds" that are commissioned by both social partners are to be found in just over 10 per … motivate especially small and medium-sized enterprises to increase their involvement in occupational pension schemes. …

"traditional" registered pension plan or RPP, a "flexible" group registered retirement savings plan or group RRSP, and a "hybrid …

In light of the declining pension coverage of low-income workers, policy makers have discussed requiring all employers … currently do not have access to a pension plan? We address this question by using plausibly exogenous variation in pension …

of pension schemes on employees' propensity to change jobs. On January 1st 2004, the two largest pension funds in the … Netherlands, for civil servants and for the health care sector, changed their pension scheme from a final salary to an average … attractive pension scheme and the number of labour market transitions is driven by self-selection of workers into jobs with an …

Due to differentiated regulation and tax treatment, occupational pension schemes in Germany are fairly complex … transparency not only complicates individuals' pension planning but also raises questions about risks to financial stability. …

The ageing of the German population will necessarily reduce the pension levels provided by the German pay …-as-you-go public pension insurance. The pension reforms of the last decade aimed at encouraging savings in private, fully …-funded pension insurances (through tax advantages and subsidies). However, only a minority of Germans has decided to make use of …

pension implicitly encourages teachers to continue working until they are eligible for their pension benefits, and then leave … nonwhite teachers are also more likely to stay during the pension "pull". All teachers show a strong response to the pension … "push", with about a quarter of teachers leaving every year once they become eligible for their pension. I depart from other …