| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Pension policy | | Author(s) | Karen M Anderson |
| Corporate Author | Department of Political Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen |
| Journal title | IN: International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral science, 2nd ed [in press]; edited by James Wright, [2014] |
| Pages | 17 pp |
| Source | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen_Anderson6/publi... |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Retirement policy ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; Histories. |
| Annotation | This article examines why and how the first pension policies were adopted in North America,. Europe and the Antipodes. It identifies the most salient dimensions of pension policy, and discusses national policy responses to the challenges of ageing, changing employment patterns and fiscal austerity. The article also analyses the most important explanations for cross-national differences in pension policy. The discussion centres on the affluent democracies, with references to developing countries where relevant. (OFFPRINT) (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-151113004 A |
| Classmark | JJ: G5: TY: TM2: 6A * |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|