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The Belgian EU Presidency conference (6-8 September, Liège) contributed
to the debate on the adequacy of pensions and social benefits across
European countries.
It brought together many of the key actors with some prominent scholars
and stakeholders. European Centre's Asghar Zaidi made a presentation
'Sustainability and adequacy of pensions in EU countries: A
cross-national perspective'.
His presentation made the case that the financial sustainability
challenges that EU countries face are well documented, but the impact of
policy reforms on the structure of future pension systems and on incomes
of future retirees is less clearly delineated. Similarly, the need for
sustained policy remedies to the current economic and fiscal crises is
widely recognised, yet the effects of actions taken now on the nature of
future social challenges arising are masked. The presentation and the
accompanying paper addressed these issues and emphasized the need for
policy-makers to be aware of the impacts of decisions on sustainability
issues and on fiscal consolidation upon pension systems’ structures and
on pension income adequacy for future pensioners.
Paper by Asghar Zaidi based upon the presentation:
http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1761 (bottom of the page)
Best regards,
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
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A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
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September Policy Brief:
"Paying for Long-term Care"
The September Policy Brief by Ricardo Rodrigues and Andrea Schmidt aims to present information on the current picture of public and private expenditure on long-term care for older people and to discuss the challenges of financing care. Moreover it provides preliminary results on potential redistribution effects of home care benefits (based on SHARE data). By that, the Policy Brief tries not only to take a policy-oriented, comparative view on funding arrangements for long-term care but also to serve as a starting point for further discussions on the potential inequalities associated with the different ways of financing and providing long-term care.
For more details: http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1756
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