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基本説明
Topics: The impact of pension costs on employment, the role of pensions taxations, etc.
Full Description
This book focuses on pension policies in Europe and interestingly includes comparisons both within the EU and between EU countries and the US. The authors show how different countries are confronted with similar problems and that comparison of national experiences may be of great help for the 'open method of coordination' now adopted in the EU.The papers deal mainly with the effects of the huge payroll taxes differentials between countries on individual retirement choices and the labour market, with taxation of contributions and pensions, and with the portability of occupational pensions. The main impact on labour supply is shown to be early retirement due to actuarially unfair pension formulae. The authors also argue that the US experience shows that taxation of contributions and savings for old-age may not generate the hoped for incentive effects, while an example of inconsistent taxation of pensions is offered by Germany. Finally, it is shown that limited portability of defined benefits plans does not appear to be a strong impediment to labour mobility in Europe.
Pension Policy in an Integrating Europe will be valued by scholars of both public policy, public finance and European studies, and those practitioners and policymakers involved in insurance in the EU.
Contents
Contents: Introductory Remarks 1. An Overview Part I: Payroll Taxes, the Labour Market and Retirement Choices 2. Ageing in Europe: A Cross-Country Comparison 3. Labour Taxes and Unemployment: A Survey of the Aggregate Evidence 4. Measuring the Impact of the Italian CFL Programme on the Job Opportunities for the Youths 5. Are We Retiring too Early? Part II: Taxation and Pensions 6. Saving Incentives in the US 7. Retirement Benefit and Pension Taxation Principles Part III: Pension Portability Issues 8. Tenuous Property Rights: The Unraveling of Defined Benefit Contracts in the US 9. Occupational Pensions and Job Mobility in the European Union Index