these pensions, which, it is often claimed, contrasts with the pension promises made in the private sector. This paper does … not attempt to answer whether public sector pension promises are relatively generous in the UK or elsewhere but instead … aims to provide the bigger picture against which a discussion of public sector pension provision could be held.The origin …

discontinuity of incentives at the state pension age helps separate OAI's effects from those of social mores and husbands … Social Security system, the participation rate of German women aged 60-4 would increase by 7 percentage points …