"This book examines the growth of careers outside a traditional standard employment pattern and how those in "atypical jobs" will fare in retirement, analyzing how the interplay between labor market reforms/trends and pension reforms will affect income security in old age during future decades"--

Preliminary result of a continuing research project that analyzes annuity markets in various countries. The projects focussed on understanding whether annuity makerts can be relied upon to provide reliable retirement income at reasonable prices