This paper discusses the building blocks of pension reform in the light of economic theory,
and their application to different types of economy. The opening section sets out the simple …

Many countries face increasing fiscal problems financing pensions in the face of population
aging. There is controversy about the underlying economic theory, about the extent of the …

This article, sets out a series of principles for pension design rooted in economic theory:
pension systems have multiple objectives, analysis should consider the pension system as a …

Rescuing unfunded pensions Suitably amended, unfunded schemes remain a good idea
Unfunded state pension schemes are projected to become financially unsustainable. This is …

The past two decades have seen a wave of reforms to retirement income systems around
the world. This paper describes the reform packages that have taken place in 38 …

This paper sets out the economic analytics of pensions. After introductory discussion,
successive sections consider the effects of different pension arrangements on labour …

Countries around the world are reforming their pension systems. Most are reforming to
reduce thefiscal costs of their existing pension systems. A few young countries are …

Few topics on the economic reform agenda attract more attention in countries throughout
Western, Central, and Eastern Europe than pension reform. And there is hardly any other …

This book is an abridgement of Barr and Diamond's Reforming Pensions: Principles and
Policy Choices (OUP, 2008). It begins with the introduction to the earlier book, includes the …

Proposing far‐reaching reforms to pension systems, the World Bank has recently suggested
that the existing pay‐as‐you‐go systems in many rich as well as poor countries should be …