This paper surveys the most significant problems of the pension systems of EU11 countries. These nations had to transform their old-age social security systems after replacing a state-socialist economic order with a capitalist one. Stressing common as well as specific features, our paper...

The policy brief presents a review of potential effects of parametric pension reform in Belarus starting in 2017 for the population aged 50 and more in terms of unemployment, alcohol consumption, and poverty. It concludes that, despite the fact that raising the retirement age is overdue in...

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,...