1st Edition
Pension Reform in Europe Politics, Policies and Outcomes
1. Introduction by Camila Arza and Martin Kohli
Part I. The political economy of pension reform
2. The private occupational and personal pensions by Robin Blackburn
3. Trade-offs and distributive outcomes in Bismarckian pension reforms by David Natali and Martin Rhodes
4. Between conflict and consensus - the reform of Bismarckian pension regimes by Martin Schludi
5. “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die” Pension reform and the limits of path dependence by Einar Øverbye
6. The politics and outcomes of three-pillar pensions in Central and Eastern Europe by Katharina Müller
Part II. Reform options and outcomes
7. Changing European welfare. A new distribution pattern of pension policy?by Camila Arza
8. Economic costs and benefits of alternative reform options by Giancarlo Corsetti
9. The gender pension gap: Effects of norms and reform policies by Patricia Frericks
10. Common origins, different evolution, similar outcomes: New comparative observations on European pension schemes by Martin Rein and Karen Anderson
11. Generational equity: Concepts and attitudes by Martin Kohli
Biography
Camila Arza is Research Fellow at FLACSO-Argentina.
Martin Kohli is Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Italy.
'...a very welcome addition to the literature and provides students and researchers of pension system change in Europe and beyond with much to debate and discuss.'
Paul Bridges, University of Southampton, UK
