The decline of the traditional pension : a comparative study of threats to retirement security /

The traditional (final or average salary) pension that employers have provided their employees has suffered a huge decline in labor force coverage in the United Kingdom and the United States, and less severe declines in Canada and elsewhere. The traditional pension provides a precious measure of ret...

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Main Author: Mackenzie, G. A. 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I: 1. The development of employer-provided pensions; 2. The economics of occupational/employer-provided pension plans; 3. Issues in funding and investing; 4. Regulatory issues; 5. Public sector employer-provided pensions and recent innovations in the first tier; Part II: 6. The causes of decline; 7. Policies to address the decline of the traditional pension; 8. Summary and conclusions; Appendix 1. Ten country profiles; Appendix 2. Mathematical treatments and derivations.