03839nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003600112040002100148035002100169043001200190050002400202082002200226245011700248260005100365300002500416490005900441500007900500504005300579505217500632533015202807650004102959650004303000650005303043650003903096655002903135700002503164700003203189710001703221830006003238856012603298999001703424ebr10314046CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||020111s2002    ilua    sb    101 0 eng d  z  2002016569  z0226241084 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)435630936  ae------14aHD7164b.S62 2002eb04a331.25/22/09422100aSocial security pension reform in Europeh[electronic resource] /cedited by Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert.  aChicago :bUniversity of Chicago Press,c2002.  axiii, 500 p. :bill.1 aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report  aPapers presented at a conference held in Berlin, Germany in March of 2000.  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 aMachine 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSocial securityzEuropevCongresses. 0aPensionszEuropexFinancevCongresses. 0aPension trustsxInvestmentszEuropevCongresses. 0aPrivatizationzEuropevCongresses. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aFeldstein, Martin S.1 aSiebert, Horst,d1938-2009.2 aebrary, Inc. 0aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10314046zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c57799d57799