Evolution of Supplementary Pensions

Edited by James Kolaczkowski, Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter, UK, Michelle Maher, Programme Manager, See Her Elected (SHE), Ireland, Yves Stevens, Professor of Law and Jakob Markus Werbrouck, KU Leuven, Belgium

• Contents:Preface ix1 Introduction 1James Kolaczkowski, Yves Stevens and Jakob Markus Werbrouck2 On the origin of pensions 10Yves Stevens3 The role of international organizations in the last 25 yearsand their effect on pension reforms throughout the world 37Paul Roels4 Belgium: 25 years of occupational pension schemes foremployees in Belgium from a legal perspective 62Emma Suzanne van Aggelen and Jakob Markus Werbrouck5 Finland: Pension reforms in Finland 77Susan Kuivalainen and Kati Kuitto6 France: A national overview 99Arnauld D’Yvoire7 Germany: About unpopular but necessary reforms 122Heinz-Dietrich Steinmeyer8 Greece: Α perpetual struggle against the sovereignty ofpublic pension regimes 138Gabriel Amitsis9 Ireland: Talking about change – Pension reform in Ireland1994–2019 164Michelle Maher10 Italy: The Italian pension system – reform trajectories andopen issues 182Felice Roberto Pizzuti and Michele Raitano11 The Netherlands: Pensions in the Netherlands – fromdefined benefit to defined contribution 207Erik Lutjens12 Poland: A preliminary assessment 229Marek Szczepański, Joanna Ratajczak, Kamila Bielawska,Joanna Rutecka-Góra and Sylwia Pieńkowska-Kamieniecka13 The development of supplementary pensions in Portugal:Influenced by ideas, the process of European integrationand national idiosyncrasies 257Maria Clara Murteira14 Spain: The evolution of the Spanish private pensionsystem: 1994–2019 279Inmaculada Domínguez Fabián and John A. Turner15 Sweden: (Supplementary) pensions 1994–2019 305Eskil Wadensjö16 Switzerland: 25 years of occupational pension provision(1995–2020) 320Jacques-André Schneider17 The United Kingdom: Political and labour market influences 348Bryn Davies and James Kolaczkowski18 The United States: The evolution of the US pension system– 1994–2019 370Jonathan Barry Forman, Dana M. Muir and John A. Turner19 Pensions and the paradox of Trust: Developments over thepast 25 years 392Kamila Bielawska, Sally Shen and John A. Turner20 Changes in approach to risk sharing in supplementarypension schemes 410Anna Gierusz, Patrycja Kowalczyk-Rólczyńska, AgnieszkaPobłocka and Joanna Rutecka-Góra21 Editors’ view and conclusion 439James Kolaczkowski, Yves Stevens and Jakob MarkusWerbrouckIndex

’An excellent book that summarizes 25 years of supplemental pension reforms in 15 OECD countries. Several chapters focus on important analytical issues, such as the role of international organizations in promoting change and how social reforms may win and maintain popular trust.’