| Social Security Pension Reform in Europe Contributor(s): Feldstein, Martin (Editor), Siebert, Horst (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226241084 ISBN-13: 9780226241081 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in "Social Security Pension Reform in Europe," Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in the aging societies of Europe. A remarkable range of European nations--Germany, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Hungary--have implemented or are about to implement mixed Social Security systems that combine a traditional defined benefit of the pay-as-you-go system with an individual retirement account defined contribution of a capital-funded system. The essays here highlight the problems that the European pension reform process faces and how it differs from that of the United States. This timely volume will significantly enrich the debate on pension reform worldwide. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 331.252 |
| LCCN: 2002016569 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.44" W x 9.22" (1.83 lbs) 500 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in the aging societies of Europe. A remarkable range of European nations--Germany, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Hungary--have implemented or are about to implement mixed Social Security systems that combine a traditional defined benefit of the pay-as-you-go system with an individual retirement account defined contribution of a capital-funded system. The essays here highlight the problems that the European pension reform process faces and how it differs from that of the United States. This timely volume will significantly enrich the debate on pension reform worldwide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldstein, Martin: - Martin Feldstein (1939-2019) was the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University. From 1977 to 2008 he was president and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was chairman of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. In 2006 he was appointed to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under George W. Bush, and in 2009 he was named to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board by Barack Obama. He was the editor of many books published by the University of Chicago Press. |