Countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe (CESE) face the challenge of becoming "demographically old before being economically rich". Ensuring the long-term stability and adequacy of pension systems was one of the most important tasks that these countries faced following economic...

The majority of economies in the European Union are experiencing problems with the sustainability of pension systems that are primarily caused by unfavorable demographic trends and inadequate structure of the pension systems. This research concentrates on the New Member States of the European...

Klappentext: Die Finanzierung der staatlichen Rentensysteme zahlt aufgrund des demographischen Wandels und veranderter Rahmenbedingungen zu einer der groten Herausforderungen in allen 25 Mitgliedslandern der Europaischen Union. Am Beispiel von Polen und Ungarn wird in dieser Studie analysiert,...

This paper analyzes pension reforms in Europe and their determinants. As pension reforms are intrinsically difficult to define and pinpoint, we introduce an alternative measure of pension reforms by comparing long-term forecasts of pension expenditures for seventeen European countries. The...

This paper analyzes pension reforms in Europe and their determinants. As pension reforms are intrinsically difficult to define and pinpoint, we introduce an alternative measure of pension reforms by comparing long-term forecasts of pension expenditures for seventeen European countries. The...

Recent macroeconomic and demographic trends have resulted in new challenges for pension systems. One of these challenges is to create a sustainable pension system while simultaneously providing adequate pension benefits for current and future pensioners. This research explores how similar are...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of changes in migration flows—in particular, those resulting from possible migration policy changes after a UK exit (‘Brexit’) from the European Union (EU)—on the finances of the UK state pension system. We find that the aggregate...