ISBN: 3540417141
TITLE: Pension Reform in Six Countries
AUTHOR: Brsch-Supan/Miegel
TOC:

Pension Reform In 6 Countries: What Can We Learn From Each Other?
About the Contributors v
Editors' Preface vi
Six Countries - And No Pension System Alike 1
Axel Brsch-Supan
References 12
1 The German Retirement Insurance System 13
Axel Brsch-Supan
1 A Brief History of the German Public Pension System 13
2 The Pillars Providing Retirement Income in Germany 15
3 Future Developments 29
4 Current Reform Options 33
References 37
2 The Dutch Pension System 39
A. Lans Bovenberg and Lex Meijdam
1 A Brief History of the Dutch Pension System 39
2 The Pillars Providing Retirement Income in the Netherlands 40
3 Future Developments 60
4 Current Reform Options 63
5 Conclusions 66
References 67
3 The Swiss Three-Pillar Model 69
Maria Verena Brombacher Steiner
1 A Brief Look at How the Swiss System of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Evolved 69
2 The Three Pillars of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance in Switzerland 71
3 Future Developments 81
4 Amendments under Discussion 84
References 85
4 The UK System of Pension Provision 87
Richard Disney
1 The Evolution of the UK Pension System 87
2 The Development of a Multi-Pillar Pension System from 1975 to 1999 91
3 Future Prospects for the UK Pension Scheme 104

4 Public Attitudes to Pension Reform 105
5 A Summing Up 107
References 109
5 United States: Support in Retirement: Where We are and Where We Are Going 111
David A. Wise
1 Overview of the United States Social Security System 112
2 Social Security and Other Forms of Retirement Support 113
3 Future Developments 129
4 Social Security Reform 130
5 Summary 135
References 137
6 Chile's Pension Revolution Coming of Age 139
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
1 A Brief History: From Public Pay-As-You-Go to Private Fully-Funded Pensions 139
2 The Pillars 149
3 Current Shortcomings Of Chile's Pension System And Reform Options 164
4 Conclusions 168
References 169
Abbreviations 171
List of Contributors 175
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