Edited by Gerard Hughes, Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Jim Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Pension Reforms: Issues and Debates 2. The 2001 Pension Reform Act in Germany and Income in Old Age 3. Are the UK’s Pension Objectives Attainable? 4. Pension Privatisation in Hungary and Poland: A Comparative Overview 5. Labour Cost, Social Security and Employee Severance Funds Part II: Pension Reforms and Incomes of the Elderly 6. The Impact of Pension Reforms on Older People’s Income: A Comparative View 7. Income of Retired Persons in Ireland: Some Evidence from Household Budget Surveys 8. Financing Pensions by Stealth: The Anglo-American Model and the Cost and Distribution of Tax Benefits for Private Pensions 9. Labour Market Changes and Pension Entitlement in France: What Prospects? 10. Germany’s Pension Reform in 2001: More or Less Gender Equality? 11. Occupational Pensions in Sweden from a Gender Perspective Part III: Changing Forms of Solidarity 12. Intergenerational Equity and Pension Reform 13. Pathways to Pension Coverage Index

'This volume makes a valuable contribution to understanding the variety and complexity of reforms and their impacts.'

Edited by Gerard Hughes, Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Jim Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Pension Reforms: Issues and Debates 2. The 2001 Pension Reform Act in Germany and Income in Old Age 3. Are the UK’s Pension Objectives Attainable? 4. Pension Privatisation in Hungary and Poland: A Comparative Overview 5. Labour Cost, Social Security and Employee Severance Funds Part II: Pension Reforms and Incomes of the Elderly 6. The Impact of Pension Reforms on Older People’s Income: A Comparative View 7. Income of Retired Persons in Ireland: Some Evidence from Household Budget Surveys 8. Financing Pensions by Stealth: The Anglo-American Model and the Cost and Distribution of Tax Benefits for Private Pensions 9. Labour Market Changes and Pension Entitlement in France: What Prospects? 10. Germany’s Pension Reform in 2001: More or Less Gender Equality? 11. Occupational Pensions in Sweden from a Gender Perspective Part III: Changing Forms of Solidarity 12. Intergenerational Equity and Pension Reform 13. Pathways to Pension Coverage Index

'This volume makes a valuable contribution to understanding the variety and complexity of reforms and their impacts.'

Edited by Gerard Hughes, Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Jim Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Pension Reforms: Issues and Debates 2. The 2001 Pension Reform Act in Germany and Income in Old Age 3. Are the UK’s Pension Objectives Attainable? 4. Pension Privatisation in Hungary and Poland: A Comparative Overview 5. Labour Cost, Social Security and Employee Severance Funds Part II: Pension Reforms and Incomes of the Elderly 6. The Impact of Pension Reforms on Older People’s Income: A Comparative View 7. Income of Retired Persons in Ireland: Some Evidence from Household Budget Surveys 8. Financing Pensions by Stealth: The Anglo-American Model and the Cost and Distribution of Tax Benefits for Private Pensions 9. Labour Market Changes and Pension Entitlement in France: What Prospects? 10. Germany’s Pension Reform in 2001: More or Less Gender Equality? 11. Occupational Pensions in Sweden from a Gender Perspective Part III: Changing Forms of Solidarity 12. Intergenerational Equity and Pension Reform 13. Pathways to Pension Coverage Index

'This volume makes a valuable contribution to understanding the variety and complexity of reforms and their impacts.'