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| Is there a Dutch way to pension reform? | | Author(s) | Bart van Riel, Anton Hemerijck, Jelle Visser |
| Corporate Author | Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford; Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, 2002 |
| Pages | 32 pp (Working paper number WP202) |
| Source | Oxford Institute of Ageing website: www.ageing.ox.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Social policy ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Whereas most Western European countries are based exclusively on public mandatory pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems financed through wage-based contributions, it is argued that the Dutch system of integrated public and private mandatory pension provision faces less fiscal strain from the consequences of population ageing. The authors try to answer three related questions. First, what explains the lack of (parametric) pension reform in the Netherlands in recent years? Second, in the absence of significant pension reforms, what other avenues have Dutch policy-makers pursued with regard to the robustness of the Dutch pension system in the face of ageing? Third, does the overall Dutch policy response really suffice in view of important labour market and demographic changes in the 21st century? While there may be no need to recast the design of the Dutch pension system, the authors conjecture that because of high aspiration levels, that Dutch pensions may come under increasing financial strain in the not too distant future. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021210203 B |
| Classmark | JJ: TM2: 76H |
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