Upjohn Research

Title

Imagining the Ideal Pension System: International Perspectives

Authors

Dana M. Muir, University of Michigan
John A. Turner, Pension Policy CenterFollow

Year

2011

Abstract

Muir and Turner gather an international roster of pension experts who present what they think would be the ideal pension systems for their countries and why. Those countries include the United States, the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Poland, and Japan.

Contents

1. Constructing the Ideal Pension System: The Visions of Ten Country Experts / Dana M. Muir and John A. Turner
2. Imagining the Ideal U.S. Pension System / Dana M. Muir and John A. Turner
3. Imagining the Ideal UK Pension System / Bryn Davies
4. Public and Private Provision of Pensions and the Ideal Pension System for Ireland / Gerard Hughes and Jim Stewart
5. The Optimal Pension System / Finn Østrup
6. German Private Pension Law: Current State and Future Directions / Markus Roth
7. The Ideal Pension System for Belgium / Kim De Witte
8. Toward the Ideal Pension System for France / Lucy apRoberts and Pierre Concialdi
9. Aging in the Shadow of the Three Pillars: A Generation of Pension Debates in Switzerland (1972–2010) / Matthieu Leimgruber
10. The Role of Occupational Pension Plans in an Optimal Polish Pension System / Marek Szczepanski
11. How to Establish a Better Corporate Pension System in Japan / Noriyasu Watanabe

Citation

Muir, Dana M., John A. Turner, eds. 2011. Imagining the Ideal Pension System: International Perspectives. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

(cloth) 9780880993821; (paper) 9780880993814

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Retirement and pensions; Pensions