03841nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10314046 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 020111s2002 ilua sb 101 0 eng d 2002016569 0226241084 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)435630936 e------ HD7164 .S62 2002eb 331.25/22/094 21 Social security pension reform in Europe [electronic resource] / edited by Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002. xiii, 500 p. : ill. National Bureau of Economic Research conference report Papers presented at a conference held in Berlin, Germany in March of 2000. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Machine generated contents note: Introduction: An American Perspective I -- Martin Feldstein -- Introduction: A European Perspective 9 -- Horst Siebert -- 1. Pensions and Contemporary Socioeconomic Change 19 -- Assar Lindbeck -- Discussion Summary -- 2. Different Approaches to Pension Reform from an Economic Point of View 49 -- Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise -- Comment: Herbert Hax -- Discussion Summary -- 3. Labor Mobility, Redistribution, and Pension Reform in Europe 85 -- Alain Jousten and Pierre Pestieau -- Comment: Michael Burda -- Discussion Summary -- 4. France: The Difficult Path to Consensual Reforms 109 -- Didier Blanchet and Florence Legros -- Comment: Martine Durand -- Discussion Summary -- 5. The German Pension System: Status Quo and Reform Options 137 -- Bert Riirup -- Comment: Axel Bbrsch-Supan -- Discussion Summary -- 6. Swedish Pension Reform: How Did It Evolve, and What Does It Mean for the Future? 171 -- Edward Palmer -- Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- Discussion Summary -- 7. Italy: A Never-Ending Pension Reform 211 -- Daniele Franco -- Comment: Franco Peracchi -- Discussion Summary -- 8. Prefunding in a Defined Benefit Pension System: The Finnish Case 263 -- Jukka Lassila and Tarmo Valkonen -- Comment: Reijo Vanne -- Discussion Summary -- 9. Pension Reform: Issues in the Netherlands 291 -- Jeroen J. M. Kremers -- Comment: A. Lans Bovenberg -- Discussion Summary -- 10. The United Kingdom: Examining the Switch -- from Low Public Pensions to High-Cost Private Pensions 317 -- David Blake -- Comment: Andrew A. Samwick -- Discussion Summary -- 11. Poland: Security through Diversity 349 -- Jerzy Hausner -- 12. The Hungarian Pension Reform: A Preliminary -- Assessment of the First Years of Implementation 365 -- Roberto Rocha and Dimitri Vittas -- 13. Romania's Pension System: From Crisis to Reform 401 -- Georges de Menil and Eytan Sheshinski -- Comment (on chaps. 11, 12 and 13): John McHale -- Discussion Summary (for chaps. 11, 12 and 13) -- 14. Recent Developments in Old Age Pension Systems: An International Overview 439 -- Klaus-Jiirgen Gem -- Appendix: OECD Statistical and Analytical -- Information on Aging 479. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Social security Europe Congresses. Pensions Europe Finance Congresses. Pension trusts Investments Europe Congresses. Privatization Europe Congresses. Electronic books. local Feldstein, Martin S. Siebert, Horst, 1938-2009. ebrary, Inc. National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10314046 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 165065 165065