While the sustainability of pension systems facing demographic ageing has been widely
discussed, the adequacy of retirement income has often been neglected in current debate …

Over the past two decades,“active aging” has emerged in Europe as the foremost policy
response to the challenges of population aging. This article examines the concept of active …

Financialisation has become a key feature of post-industrial economies. This special issue
sheds light on pre-funded private pensions as one key component of financialisation, as …

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 …

This book examines the origins and consequences of so-called pension fund capitalism,
which has spread around the world since 1981, when the pension system was completely …

Valuation devices and institutional change are key aspects of financialisation, but have been
largely separated in the literature. This article explores the causal link between both …

The financial market crises of 2001/02 and 2007/08 and the sovereign debt crisis that started
in 2011 had adverse effects on financialised pensions such as pension funds. In general …

Dismantling the Welfare State? is a modern classic in the welfare state literature. Yet
although the book is widely known, the 'Piersonian argument'as it is typically referred to …

A liberal paradigm shift from state to private responsibility in old age income protection has
been a general development across Western Europe. The financial crisis sheds new light on …

Recent reforms have responded to demographic ageing and fiscal challenges by shifting
toward the multipillarisation of pensions to achieve financial sustainability. Reforms towards …