Pensioner i utveckling
(2004)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of this essay is to summarize the on going debate concerning pension systems in the world. The questions asked were A) Can we identify any major trends in pension schemes regarding private/public components? B) How can we describe the underlying causes of their occurrence? The method used was to study, parts of, the written literature on the subject. What the writers of the essay found was that there is a global trend to replace defined benefit plans with defined contribution plans, and a tendency to shift towards private, as opposed to public, plans. We also found that the advice of the World Bank has been the focus of great attention, especially since the release of “Averting the Old Age Crisis”. We have also sought to give a... (More)
- The purpose of this essay is to summarize the on going debate concerning pension systems in the world. The questions asked were A) Can we identify any major trends in pension schemes regarding private/public components? B) How can we describe the underlying causes of their occurrence? The method used was to study, parts of, the written literature on the subject. What the writers of the essay found was that there is a global trend to replace defined benefit plans with defined contribution plans, and a tendency to shift towards private, as opposed to public, plans. We also found that the advice of the World Bank has been the focus of great attention, especially since the release of “Averting the Old Age Crisis”. We have also sought to give a résumé of what have been the important points of contention in the debate. We have found that much of the reforms undertaken have aimed to emulate private scheme elements and incorporate them into public schemes. (Less)
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- author
- Svensson, David and Lindblom, Henrik
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2004
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1358275
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Pensioner i utveckling}},
year = {{2004}},
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