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OECD Pensions at a Glance 2005
Public Policies across OECD Countries
OECD. Published by : OECD Publishing
Version: Print (Paperback) + Free PDF
Price:   €24 | $29 | £17 | ¥3200 | 
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Availability: Low stock  Publication date:  01 Jun 2005  Language: English  Pages: 204  Tables: 47  Charts: 219  ISBN: 9789264018716  OECD Code: 812005021P1  Frequency: Biennial 
 

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The first comprehensive book of its kind, this comparison of key features of pension systems of OECD countries provides coverage of retirement ages, benefit accrual rates, ceilings, and indexation.  Future pension entitlements are shown for full-career workers at different earnings levels. Indicators measure redistribution in pension systems, the cost of countries' pension promises, and potential resource transfer. Thirty country chapters explain pension systems and replacement rates in detail.

Named a "Notable Government Document" by the American Library Association.

"Pensions at a Glance is a significant undertaking and a major contribution to the body of comparative international pensions literature. The publication will serve as an important resource to those in the pensions policy community."

--Ladan Manteghi, AARP Global Aging Program

“This book is a valuable reference for policymakers, academics, and business people concerned about retirement systems in the developed world.”

--Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director, Pension Research Council,
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

"The massive OECD report, Pensions at a Glance, deserves much more than a glance.  It is compendium of facts and analyses that should inform policy-making and public debate around the world for years to come.  By providing in clear and easy-to-understand form a wealth of information about pension systems throughout the OECD, it will make it much harder for even the most insular to ignore the valuable lessons to be learned from the pension experience of other nations."

--Henry J. Aaron
The Brookings Institution

"...a significant contribution to current pensions literature . . .  It is suitable for a wide range of readers, particularly policy makers, academics and those concerned about the welfare effects of pension designs."

--Ageing and Society

 


Notes:

The new printed edition "Pension at a Glance 2007: Public Policies across OECD Countries" will be available next June

La nouvelle version imprimée ""Pension at a Glance 2007: Public Policies across OECD Countries" sera disponible en juin prochain


Other languages:  French (Low stock) German (Available) Korean (Available) Japanese (Distributed by another publisher)

Superseded by: Pensions at a Glance 2009 - Retirement-Income Systems in OECD Countries (Available)

Other Versions:  E-book - PDF Format

Multilingual summaries:  English, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish


Table of contents:

Preface: Why Pensions at a Glance?
Introduction
Executive Summary
Part I. Monitoring Pension Policies
Chapter 1. Pension System Typology
-1. First-Tier Redistributive Pensions
-2. Second-tier, Mandatory Insurance Pensions
Chapter 2. Comparing Pension System Parameters
-1. First-Tier Redistributive Schemes
-2. Second-Tier, Earnings-Related Schemes
-3. Earnings Measures and Valorisation in Earnings Related Schemes
-4. Defined-Contribution Schemes
-5. Ceilings on Pensionable Earnings
-6. Pension Eligibility Ages
-7. Indexation of Pensions in Payment
-8. Taxes and Social Security Contributions
Chapter 3. Modelling Pension Entitlements
-1. Future Entitlements under Today's Parametes and Rules
-2. Coverage
-3. Economic Variables
-4. Average Earnings Data
-5. Taxes and Social Security Contributions
-6. Indicators and Results
Chapter 4. Replacement Rates
-1. Gross Replacement Rates
-2. Net Replacement Rates
Chapter 5. Relative Pension Levels
Chapter 6. Pension Wealth
Chapter 7. Key Indicators
-1. Weighted Averages and the Earnings Distribution
-2. Weighted Average Pension Levels and Pension Wealth
-3. Structure of the Potential Resource Transfer to Pensioners
Annex 1.1 Differences between Defined-Benefit, Points, and Notional-Accounts Systems
Annex 1.2. Sensitivity Analysis
Annex 1.3. Progressivity of Pension Benefit Forulae
Bibliography
Part II. Country Studies
Introduction - Mandatory Pension Schemes 
-Australia
-Austria
-Belgium
-Canada
-Czech Republic
-Denmark
-Finland
-France
-Germany
-Greece
-Hungary
-Iceland
-Ireland
-Italy
-Japan
-Korea
-Luxembourg
-Mexico
-Netherlands
-New Zealand
-Norway
-Poland
-Portugal
-Slovak Republic
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Turkey
-United Kingdom
-United States
Voluntary, Occupational Pensions
-Canada
-Denmark
-United Kingdom
-United States

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