Old-Age Crisis and Pension Reform. Where do we stand?

Foreword 5
Acknowledgments 7
Przedmowa 9

Part I. Implementation of Pension Reforms in European Countries 11

1. GERARD HUGHES Have Personal Retirement Savings Accounts Achieved Their Objectives in Ireland? 13
2. JIM STEWART The World Bank and Pension Reform: Some Current Issues 31
3. GABRIELLA SJÖGREN LINDQUIST, ESKIL WADENSJÖ Income Distribution Among Those of 65 Years and Older in Sweden 43
4. MARIA CLARA MURTEIRA The Reform of Pensions in Portugal: A Critical Assessment 77
5. MACIEJ ŻUKOWSKI Pension Reforms in Poland and in Other CEE Countries 1998-2012 99
6. JÁN ŠEBO TOMÁŠ VIRDZEK Political Risk and Pension Funds’ Performance – the Case of Slovakia 107
7. ADAM SAMBORSKI Pension Funds Governance 123
8. MAREK SZCZEPAŃSKI, TOMASZ BRZĘCZEK Risk Reform in Poland and the Efficiency of Occupational Pension Schemes 139

Part II. Pension reforms in non-European countries 155

9. JOHN A TURNER, DANA M MUIR. Financial Literacy and Financial Advice: Weak Links in Social Security Privatization 157
10. ALBERTO M RAMÍREZ DE JURADO F., DENISE GÓMEZ—HERNÁNDEZ. Comparative Study of the Efficiency of Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in Continental America 177
11. YI-FAN YANG, TAI-XI XIAO. Population Aging, Demographic Dividend and Raising the Retirement Age in China: Empirical Simulation and Policy Choice 189

About the Authors 215
About the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (ENRSP) 219
Spis treści 221