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Pensions at a Glance:
Public Policies across OECD Countries
Presentation:
Edward Whitehouse, Social Policy Division, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs |
The event took place Wednesday, November 09, 2005
8:30 AM Registration - 9.00-10.30 AM Presentation
Capitol Hill Club,
Private Dining Room 3, 300 First Street, SE,
Washington, DC 20003,
(202) 484-4590
Edwards Whitehouse returned to Washington to give a follow-up to his presentation on the OECD Social Policy Division’s work on pensions. At this event, Mr. Whitehouse briefly revisited Pensions at a Glance , but then moved further to present the OECD’s ongoing work that extends the analysis to look at the impact of other countries' pension reforms on entitlements. He also discussed issues concerning the introduction of individual accounts in other countries.
Pensions at a Glance presents a novel framework to assess the future impact of today’s pension policies, including their social and economic objectives. It details the rules of pension systems but summarized in a way that is meaningful to compare. As the framework is flexible to changing assumptions, the impact of policy reforms and economic developments can be simulated. Since this report adopts an approach of microeconomic projections of pension benefits for workers at different earning levels, it aims to provide the means to asses the broad impact of pension policies.
Edward Whitehouse is an Administrator in the Social Protection unit of the Social Policy Division at the OECD. A British national, Mr. Whitehouse also works on pensions and retirement-income systems. He has previously worked as editorial writer and as social affairs correspondent of the Financial Times and was co-editor of the World Bank’s Pension Reform Primer program. He has taught at Oxford University and University College, London and advised numerous governments on pension reform.
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