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Pension Systems in the EU — Some Policy Issues

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  • Mikkel Barslund

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To what extent a pension system can be judged fair given structural differences in life expectancy across socioeconomic groups is not straightforward and will depend on the exact design of the system and other social policies in place, and how these policies interact with the pension system.

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  • Mikkel Barslund, 2020. "Pension Systems in the EU — Some Policy Issues," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 55(2), pages 69-72, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:55:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s10272-020-0873-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-020-0873-5
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