In response to the demographic challenges and fiscal constraints, many European welfare
states have moved toward the privatization and marketization of pensions in order to …

Previous studies show that reforms in labour market policies differ across countries. This
may be partly owing to the impact of European integration on these policy reforms. Whereas …

Future pension provision is highly controversial; it juxtaposes the challenges of old age
security with the exigencies of global finance. Clearly, demography, finance and public …

This paper analyses the potential effects of the open method of coordination (OMC) on
pension reforms in the European Union. The main results are:(1) The OMC on pensions …

The increasing relevance of occupational pensions for the income security of the elderly
moves this policy area to the core of the tension between national redistributive welfare …

From the time of early industrialization onwards, the capital–labour conflict has shaped the
development of social and industrial citizenship rights. Organized capital and labour—that …

Whereas many people regarded tripartite forms of bargaining as outmoded and believed
that economic and monetary union would bring about an “Americanisation” of industrial …

In recent years new or experimental approaches to governance in the EU, namely the Open
Method of Coordination (OMC), have attracted great interest and controversy. This book …

This chapter looks at reform activities of a group of European countries where hitherto
earnings-related public schemes played a predominant role in pension provision. It …

At first glance, public pension schemes seem to be easily accessible to political change, in
particular, if they are predominantly financed on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis as it is true in …