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1 online resource (xiii, 500 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Note |
Papers presented at a conference held in Berlin, Germany in March of 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Pensions and contemporary socioeconomic change / Assar Lindbeck -- Different approaches to pension reform from an economic point of view / Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise -- Labor mobility, redistribution, and pension reform in Europe / Alain Jousten, Pierre Pestieau -- France: the difficult path to consensual reforms / Didier Blanchet, Florence Legros -- The German pension system: status quo and reform options / Bert Rurup -- Swedish pension reform: how did it evolve, and what does it mean for the future? Edward Palmer -- Italy: a never-ending pension reform / Daniele Franco -- Prefunding in a defined benefit pension system: the Finnish case / Jukka Lassila, Tarmo Valkonen -- Pension reform: issues in the Netherlands / Jeroen J.M. Kremers -- The United Kingdom: examining the switch from low public pensions to high-cost private pensions / David Blake -- Poland: security through diversity / Jerzy Hausner -- The Hungarian pension reform: a preliminary assessment of the first years of implementation / Roberta Rocha, Dimitri Vittas -- Romania's pension system: from crisis to reform / Georges de Menil, Eytan Sheshinski -- Recent developments in old age pension systems: an international overview / Klaus-Jurgen Gern. |
| Summary |
Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in the aging societies of Europe. A remarkable range of European nations-Germany, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Hungary-have implemented or are about to implement mixed Social Security systems that combine a traditional defined benefit of the pay-a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social security -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Social security. |
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Europe. |
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Pensions -- Europe -- Finance -- Congresses.
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Pensions. |
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Finance. |
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Pension trusts -- Investments -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Pension trusts -- Investments. |
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Privatization -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Privatization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Conference proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Feldstein, Martin S.
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Siebert, Horst, 1938-2009.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social security pension reform in Europe. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002 0226241084 9780226241081 (DLC) 2002016569 (OCoLC)48628351 |
| ISBN |
9780226241913 (electronic book) |
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0226241912 (electronic book) |
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0226241084 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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