The Evolution of Supplementary Pensions

Edited by James Kolaczkowski, Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter, UK, Michelle Maher, Programme Manager, See Her Elected (SHE), Ireland, Yves Stevens, Professor of Law and Jakob Markus Werbrouck, KU Leuven, Belgium

Contents:

Preface ix
1 Introduction 1
James Kolaczkowski, Yves Stevens and Jakob Markus Werbrouck
2 On the origin of pensions 10
Yves Stevens
3 The role of international organizations in the last 25 years
and their effect on pension reforms throughout the world 37
Paul Roels
4 Belgium: 25 years of occupational pension schemes for
employees in Belgium from a legal perspective 62
Emma Suzanne van Aggelen and Jakob Markus Werbrouck
5 Finland: Pension reforms in Finland 77
Susan Kuivalainen and Kati Kuitto
6 France: A national overview 99
Arnauld D’Yvoire
7 Germany: About unpopular but necessary reforms 122
Heinz-Dietrich Steinmeyer
8 Greece: Α perpetual struggle against the sovereignty of
public pension regimes 138
Gabriel Amitsis
9 Ireland: Talking about change – Pension reform in Ireland
1994–2019 164
Michelle Maher
10 Italy: The Italian pension system – reform trajectories and
open issues 182
Felice Roberto Pizzuti and Michele Raitano
11 The Netherlands: Pensions in the Netherlands – from
defined benefit to defined contribution 207
Erik Lutjens
12 Poland: A preliminary assessment 229
Marek Szczepański, Joanna Ratajczak, Kamila Bielawska,
Joanna Rutecka-Góra and Sylwia Pieńkowska-Kamieniecka
13 The development of supplementary pensions in Portugal:
Influenced by ideas, the process of European integration
and national idiosyncrasies 257
Maria Clara Murteira
14 Spain: The evolution of the Spanish private pension
system: 1994–2019 279
Inmaculada Domínguez Fabián and John A. Turner
15 Sweden: (Supplementary) pensions 1994–2019 305
Eskil Wadensjö
16 Switzerland: 25 years of occupational pension provision
(1995–2020) 320
Jacques-André Schneider
17 The United Kingdom: Political and labour market influences 348
Bryn Davies and James Kolaczkowski
18 The United States: The evolution of the US pension system
– 1994–2019 370
Jonathan Barry Forman, Dana M. Muir and John A. Turner
19 Pensions and the paradox of Trust: Developments over the
past 25 years 392
Kamila Bielawska, Sally Shen and John A. Turner
20 Changes in approach to risk sharing in supplementary
pension schemes 410
Anna Gierusz, Patrycja Kowalczyk-Rólczyńska, Agnieszka
Pobłocka and Joanna Rutecka-Góra
21 Editors’ view and conclusion 439
James Kolaczkowski, Yves Stevens and Jakob Markus
Werbrouck

Index