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Rethinking the welfare state
— the political economy of pension reform | | Author(s) | Martin Rein, Winfried Schmähl |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2004 |
| Pages | 480 pp |
| Source | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Glensanda House, Montpellier Parade, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 1UA. www.e-elgar.com |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; International. |
| Annotation | A distinguished group of contributors discuss the situation on pension reform, focusing on those countries making significant changes to their pension systems. Many of the reforms described in this book's three sections suggest a redirection of the welfare state towards a more public-private mix of policies. Part I considers the experience of mature welfare states in Western economies: the experience of the UK and Japan with contracting out of the state pension system; mandating of contractual arrangements in Australia, Switzerland and the Netherlands; 'carve-outs' (changes from defined benefits to defined contributions) in Germany, Sweden and the US; and how countries mix public and private spheres in their pension systems. Chapters in Part II examine pension systems and reforms in economies in transition in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland and Hungary in particular) and in Latin America. Part III on the public-private mix and wellbeing in aged households considers evidence from micro-data on retirement income in nine OECD countries; and the effect of the changing composition of income on economic well-being in the last stage of the working career. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040309202 B |
| Classmark | JJ: TY: TM2: 72 |
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