Forced Saving: Mandating Private Retirement Incomes - Hardcover

Bateman, Hazel; Kingston, Geoffrey; Piggott, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521481627 ISBN 13: 9780521481625

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Forced Saving, first published in 2001, offers an analysis of pension policy from an economic perspective. It begins with an overview of the problem of population ageing around the world, and then provides a framework within which policy responses may be consistently assessed. It focuses on the 'mandating' approach to retirement income policy, in which governments are compelling individuals - or their employers - to take on this responsibility, at least in part. The role of government becomes limited to one of mandating contributions from wages, along with regulating private fund managers to a greater or lesser extent. The authors explore the implications of introducing such a policy reform. They argue that while there is no universal agreement on the relative costs and benefits of this policy approach, there are often some advantages to moving at least some distance down the mandating path.

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Review

"...an insightful discussion...the book is a comprehensive investigation of the provision of retirement income." Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Book Description

The rapid ageing of the world's populations has seen a level of anxiety and urgency by governments around the world to set up or overhaul their mandatory pension policies. This analysis, first published in 2001, compares and contrasts the policies of countries around the globe, with tables, graphs and charts to summarise findings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521481627
• ISBN 13: 9780521481625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270