Pension Systems

Beyond Mandatory Retirement

Edited by Elsa Fornero, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Director, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies (CeRP), University of Turin and Paolo Sestito, Banca d’Italia – Research Department, Italy

Pension Systems enters into the current lively debate on European pensions. The focus of the book is the analysis of public intervention in individuals’ retirement choice, its rationale and the desirability of legislation introducing a sizeable and compulsory increase in retirement age, to face the prospects of swift population ageing.

‘I recommend this book to all who are interested in European pension systems and ageing-of-the-population problems. The presentation is in a rather accessible non-technical style, so policy and opinion makers should also take notice.’
– Sybille Grob, De Economist