Reforming European pension systems for active ageing

In: International social science journal, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 585-599

Abstract

The article explores the trend towards early exit that has established itself over the last decades in most European countries, and the policies that 10 countries (Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and the UK) have developed to tackle that problem. The research question is whether those reforms contribute to active ageing. The authors also analyse factors that may foster or hinder the success of pension reforms in achieving higher effective retirement ages. Among those factors, individual workers' retirement preferences, company policies, and general employment levels are of particular importance. Adapted from the source document.