Pension Systems
Pension Systems

Author: Birgit Mattil

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-11

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9783790816754

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Recently, policy debate and comparative research on old-age pensions have focused on the financial sustainability of pension systems in the face of demographic change. This study, however, also takes into account distributional effects involved in pension system structures. Theoretical, institutional and empirical analyses are combined to form a comprehensive framework for evaluating financial sustainability and distributional effects of the pension systems implemented in Germany and the United Kingdom. Along with projections of demographic trends and future public pension expenditure, the empirical results on old-age incomes and their distribution allow for identifying a number of reform options for each pension system to improve their financial or distributional results.

Gender, pensions and the lifecourse
Gender, pensions and the lifecourse

Author: Ginn, Jay

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2003-06-11

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1847425720

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An emerging consensus sees British pension policy as unravelling. Yet the gender impact of expanding private pension provision and relying increasingly on means-testing has been largely overlooked. This book examines key issues such as: how pension choices over the lifecourse are structured by gender, class and ethnicity; the impact of changing patterns of partnership and parenthood on pension building; the distributional impact of privatising pensions; questions about individualisation of rights, survivor benefits, a citizen's pension and means-testing; the EU dimension - comparing alternative strategies for improving gender equity. The book is essential reading for teachers, researchers and students in social gerontology, sociology, social policy and women's studies; practitioners in social work and welfare rights; policy makers concerned with income in later life; and all those who wish to improve their understanding of pensions issues.

The Way Out of the Pensions Quagmire
The Way Out of the Pensions Quagmire

Author: Philip Booth

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Presents an analysis of the problems of pension provision in the UK and a plan for reform. This book proposes a holistic approach to pension reform that takes proper account of the interaction between pensions, tax, social security and financial regulation.