ISBN:
9789264195424
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (182 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Ageing and Income : Financial Resources and Retirement in 9 OECD Countries
DDC:
306.38
Keywords:
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Abstract:
This landmark study of the material well-being of older people in nine OECD countries -- Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States -- uses a wealth of new data to shed light on the challenges that face policy-makers as they anticipate the coming retirement of the baby-boom generation. The findings are often surprising. In all the countries surveyed, policies have been fundamentally successful: older people at all income levels tend to maintain or even increase their material standards of living once they stop working. This happens
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Summary and Key Points; 1.1. Structure of the report; 1.2. The economic well-being of older people: a success story; 1.3. The three challenges; 1.4. Country-specific conclusions; Part I. Convergent Outcomes, Divergent Means; Chapter 2. The Resources of Older People: Complex Systems and Successful Outcomes; Chapter 3. The Determining Role of Public Policy; Chapter 4. The Need for Reform; Part II. A Comparaison of Policy Responses to Key Retirement Income Challenges; Chapter 5. Reforms to Re-balance Work and Retirement
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6. Responses to the Challenge of Balanced Resources in RetirementChapter 7. Maintaining Economic Well-being and Protecting the Vulnerable; Chapter 8. Conclusion - Lessons about Reform Strategies; Bibliography; Annexes; Annex I. Main features of the retirement income systems in the nine countries; Annex II. Retirement Incentives; Annex III. Statistical Annex;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1787/9789264195592-en
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