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Securing Pension Provision

The Challenge of Reforming the Age of Entitlement

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Catherine Blair
      Pages 1-10
  3. The World of Analysis: Pension Systems and Their Reforms in OECD Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Ordering Chaos

      • Catherine Blair
      Pages 12-21
    3. Changing Ages

      • Catherine Blair
      Pages 22-32
  4. Analysing Pensionable Age Changes in Four Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
  5. Bringing the Stories Together

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 82-82
    2. Acquiring the Ability to Reform

      • Catherine Blair
      Pages 98-117
    3. Reconciling the Approaches

      • Catherine Blair
      Pages 118-129
  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Catherine Blair
      Pages 130-135
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 136-152

About this book

By comparing Germany, France, the UK and the USA this study explores how governments have tackled the increased pressure of financing state pensions. Specifically, it looks at the approach of each of these countries to raising the age of entitlement in order to understand the ways in which this policy was introduced in different countries.

About the author

Catherine Blair has held a variety of roles in pension and employment policy in the British civil service, and has also worked for a number of years at the European Commission. She was educated at the University of Oxford and the College of Europe in Bruges before completing her Doctorate at the University of Bremen.

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