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  • 标题:Is there a Pensions Crisis in the UK?
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  • 作者:E Philip Davis
  • 期刊名称:Discussion Paper / The Pensions Institute
  • 印刷版ISSN:1367-580X
  • 出版年度:2004
  • 卷号:2004
  • 出版社:Pensions Institute
  • 摘要:The UK pension system is traditionally seen as offering a good example to other countries, having features such as low social security pension expenditure as well as a high coverage of well-financed voluntary private schemes. But recent developments suggest that the model has shown weaknesses. The most pressing current issue is underfunding of defined benefit occupational schemes following the bear market; but there are also the ongoing crises of mis-selling of personal pensions and the failure of Equitable Life insurance company. In this paper we seek to investigate whether there is indeed a crisis and what the locus of the difficulty is. We find that there are important longer-term weaknesses of the UK system as well as these current difficulties, focusing on social security as well as private pensions. Pitfalls faced by UK policymakers offer important lessons to other countries seeking to set up or expand private pension provision.
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