Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms

1. Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms: What Prospects for Security in Old Age?
Karl Hinrichs, Matteo Jessoula

Part I. Traditional Single-Pillar Countries

2. Germany: A Flexible Labour Market Plus Pension Reforms Means Poverty in Old Age
Karl Hinrichs

3. A Risky Combination in Italy: ‘Selective Flexibility’ and Defined Contributions Pensions
Matteo Jessoula

4. Poland: Are Flexible Labour Markets Ready for Individualized Pensions?
Igor Guardiancich

Part II. Traditional Multi-Pillar Countries

5. Lessons from the UK: When Multi-Pillar Pension Systems Meet Flexible Labour Markets
David Natali

6. Switzerland: Building a Multi-Pillar Pension System for a Flexible Labour Market
Silja Häusermann, Hanna Schwander

7. The Danish Flexicurity Model and Old Age Protection
Niels Ploug

8. The Netherlands: Reconciling Labour Market Flexicurity with Security in Old Age
Karen M. Anderson

Part III. Conclusion

9. Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow?
Matteo Jessoula, Karl Hinrichs

Keywords: Social Sciences, Politics of the Welfare State, Public Economics, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, European Union Politics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice