Social dialogue and pension reform
İÇİNDEKİLERcontents 1 Introduction and summary (Emmanuel Reynaud) 2 The structure of pension reform in the United Kingdom (Bryn Davies) Introduction Outline of the public pension system The legislative process Reviewing the pension system: Formal structures Reviewing the pension system: The practice Reviewing the pension system: The Pensions Act 1995 Conclusions 3 The public pension system of the United States (Lawrence H. Thompson) Outline of the public pension programme Financial oversight Policy development The reform process Strengths and weaknesses of the American approach Summary and conclusions Selected bibliography 4 Monitoring and reform of pensions in Germany (Heinz-Dietrich Steinmeyer) The German statutory pension system (the state system) . . . The legal basis and legislative process Institutional pressures The network of contacts with social groups Inclusion of the social partners in decisions on social policy Conclusions 5 The Japanese experience of review and reform of public pension schemes (Jean-Francois Estienne and Kiyoshi Murakami) The state pension system and the legislative process The status and role of public institutions involved in pension review and reform Distribution of the review, publication of results and consultation with interested parties The process of pension reform in Japan Illustration of national experience in the last pension reform: The main elements considered for reform in 1999 The strengths and weaknesses of national practice Annex 1: Japanese pension schemes (at 31 March 1997) Annex 2: Consultative Committee on Pensions of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Annex 3: Earlier reforms 6 Sweden: Reform of the public pension system (Eskil Wadensjo) The present pension system The political process The new pension system The transition from the present system to the new one The actors in the pension reform process and changes in the pension schemes Strengths and weaknesses of Swedish pension practice . . . . .7 The public pension system in Italy: Observations on the recent reforms, methods of control and their application (Massimo Antichi and Felice Roberta Pizzuti) Introduction The influence of the new economic and political climate on pension reform in the 1990s Pension reform: Law No. 335 of 8 August 1995 (the Dini reform) Provisions subsequent to Law 335/95, in particular Law 449/97 The role of the Government, institutions and social actors in the process of pension reform Conclusions 8 The process of pension reform in Spain (Ana Maria Lagares Perez) Description of the social security system and current legislation The legislative process applicable to social security Role of public bodies involved in the review and reform of the social security system The process of reform: From the Toledo Pact to the law of 15July 1997 on consolidation and rationalization of the social security system Conclusions  |
