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Public pensions and intra-EU mobility- an unfinished agenda

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  • Robert Fenge
  • Jakob von Weizsäcker

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Cross-border mobility in the EU remains low. This paper looks at how differences in pension systems distort mobility.The authors distinguish between two ways in which national public pension systems can distort intra-EU movements of workers. First, each national pension system may display an inherent mobility bias. Second, mobility distortions may arise from differences between national pension systems. The conceptual framework presented in this paper can help to cut through the...

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  • Robert Fenge & Jakob von Weizsäcker, 2008. "Public pensions and intra-EU mobility- an unfinished agenda," Working Papers 46, Bruegel.
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