Private pensions versus social inclusion? : non-state provision for citizens at risk in Europe

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Private pensions versus social inclusion? : non-state provision for citizens at risk in Europe

edited by Traute Meyer and Paul Bridgen, Barbara Riedmüller

Edward Elgar, c2007

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Over the last decade pension reform in the West has focused upon the need for more private provision in order to combat the effects of societal ageing. The consequences of these reforms for citizens' incomes during retirement are currently under-explored - including questions such as how protective public-private pension systems are, particularly for citizens without lifelong, full-time employment biographies. This rigorous study sheds light on these issues. It assesses the extent to which six European multi-pillar pension regimes are socially inclusive, by micro-simulating retirement income for hypothetical citizens facing typical post-industrial risks. This timely book suggests that non-state provision has significant limitations, yet also identifies the political and institutional conditions under which private pensions are indeed reconcilable with social inclusion. Private Pensions versus Social Inclusion? will appeal to policymakers, scholars and experts from NGOs and other statistical organisations involved in comparative social policy and pension analysis. Post-graduate students of comparative social policy, gerontology, public economics and economic sociology will also find much to engage them within the book.

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Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Private Pensions versus Social Inclusion? Citizens at Risk and the New Pensions Orthodoxy Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer PART II: CASE STUDIES: THE VETERANS 2. The British Pension System and Social Inclusion Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer 3. The Dutch Pension System and Social Inclusion Duco Bannink and Bert de Vroom 4. The Swiss Pension System and Social Inclusion Fabio Bertozzi and Giuliano Bonoli PART III: CASE STUDIES: THE NEWCOMERS 5. The German Pension System and Social Inclusion Barbara Riedmuller and Michaela Willert 6. The Italian Pension System and Social Inclusion Michele Raitano 7. The Polish Pension System and Social Inclusion Marek Benio and Joanna Ratajczak-Tucholka PART IV: CONCLUSION 8. Private Pensions versus Social Inclusion? Three Patterns of Provision and their Impact Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer Index

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