1. Pensions and Contemporary Socioeconomic Change
Assar Lindbeck
Discussion Summary
2. Different Approaches to Pension Reform from an Economic Point of View
Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise
Comment: Herbert Hax
Discussion Summary
3. Labor Mobility, Redistribution, and Pension Reform in Europe
Alain Jousten and Pierre Pestieau
Comment: Michael Burda
Discussion Summary
4. France: The Difficult Path to Consensual Reforms
Didier Blanchet and Florence Legros
Comment: Martine Durand
Discussion Summary
5. The German Pension System: Status Quo and Reform Options
Bert Rürup
Comment: Axel Börsch-Supan
Discussion Summary
6. Swedish Pension Reform: How Did It Evolve, and What Does It Mean for the Future?
Edward Palmer
Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Discussion Summary
7. Italy: A Never-Ending Pension Reform
Daniele Franco
Comment: Franco Peracchi
Discussion Summary
8. Prefunding in a Defined Benfeit Pension System: The Finnish Case
Jukka Lassila and Tarmo Valkonen
Comment: Reijo Vanne
Discussion Summary
9. Pension Reform: Issues in the Netherlands
Jeroen J.M. Kremers
Comment: A. Lans Bovenberg
Discussion Summary
10. The United Kingdom: Examining the Switch from Low Public Pensions to High-Cost Private Pensions
David Blake
Comment: Andrew A. Samwick
Discussion Summary
11. Poland: Security through Diversity
Jerzy Hausner
12. The Hungarian Pension Reform: A Preliminary Assessment of the First Years of Implementation
Roberto Rocha and Dimitri Vittas
13. Romania's Pension System: From Crisis to Reform
Georges de Menil and Eytan Sheshinski
Comment (on chapters 11, 12 and 13): John McHale
Discussion Summary (for chapters 11, 12 and 13)
14. Recent Developments in Old Age Pension Systems: An International Overview
Klaus-Jürgen Gern
Appendix: OECD Statistical and Analytical Information on Aging