OECD Pensions at a Glance 2005
Public Policies across OECD Countries
The first comprehensive book of its kind, this comparison of key features of pension systems of OECD countries provides coverage of retirement ages, benefit accrual rates, ceilings, and indexation. Future pension entitlements are shown for full-career workers at different earnings levels. Indicators measure redistribution in pension systems, the cost of countries' pension promises, and potential resource transfer. Thirty country chapters explain pension systems and replacement rates in detail.
"Pensions at a Glance is a significant undertaking and a major contribution to the body of comparative international pensions literature. The publication will serve as an important resource to those in the pensions policy community."
--Ladan Manteghi, AARP Global Aging Program
“This book is a valuable reference for policymakers, academics, and business people concerned about retirement systems in the developed world.”
--Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director, Pension Research Council,
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
--Henry J. Aaron
The Brookings Institution
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Pension Wealth
The replacement rates and relative pension levels discussed above give a first indication of the magnitude of the pension promise, but they are not comprehensive measures. For a full picture, it is necessary to take account of life expectancy, retirement ages and the indexation of pension benefits. These determine for how long the pension benefit must be paid and how its value evolves over time. To compare countries’ different provisions, the pension entitlement at retirement is converted into a value of pension “wealth” using standard actuarial techniques. For each country, the present value of future pension payments is calculated, using a uniform discount rate of 2% and country-specific life expectancy. Since the comparisons refer to prospective pension entitlements, the calculations use national life expectancies as projected for the year 2040...
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