This monograph surveys the results of government intervention in the market for retirement income provision throughout the world. The authors begin by looking at high-income democracies in which governments have, to a large degree, taken over the function of providing pensions. They find that...

Calls to overhaul pension tax relief by scrapping higher rates of relief and setting a so-called "flat rate" "tax relief" are misguided. Such proposals would also face huge practical problems and lead the tax system to become even more complex. Pension tax relief has been criticized as being...

This monograph surveys the results of government intervention in the market for retirement income provision throughout the world. The authors begin by looking at high-income democracies in which governments have, to a large degree, taken over the function of providing pensions.They find that...