Pension reform in six countries : what can we learn from each other? /
The provision of retirement income is a dynamic system that needs to be constantly adapted to the ever changing economic and social environment. When incremental adaptations are not sufficient, larger reform steps are necessary. At this juncture of history, almost all industrialized countries face r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The provision of retirement income is a dynamic system that needs to be constantly adapted to the ever changing economic and social environment. When incremental adaptations are not sufficient, larger reform steps are necessary. At this juncture of history, almost all industrialized countries face rapid population aging and need to adapt their pension systems to this historically unprecedented demographic change. The six countries in this study (Chile, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States) have responded to the new challenge very differently. The book cannot provide a universally optimal solution to the pension problems caused by population aging, because the six countries are simply too different in terms of their demographic, cultural, historical and economic backgrounds. However, since national discussions tend to be surprisingly narrowly focussed even in times of globalization, there is much to learn by looking over the neighbor's fence. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 176 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783642566967 (electronic bk.) 3642566960 (electronic bk.) |