The Europeanization of workplace pensions : economic interests, social protection, and credible signaling /

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This book uses a multi-method approach to analyze the informal signaling processes that brought about the Europeanization of workplace pensions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hennessy, Alexandra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Pensions.
Pensions > European Union countries.
Pensions > European Union countries > Case studies.
Pensions > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Pensions > Pays de l'Union européenne > Études de cas.
pensions (compensation)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Pensions
Industry.
European Union countries
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 The European dimension of the pension challenge; 1.1 Summary of the main argument; 2 National pension regimes, supranational harmonization efforts; 2.1 Pressures on public pension systems; 2.2 Multiple identities of workplace pensions; 2.3 Politics of pension market integration; 3 The sources of pension reforms in Western Europe; 3.1 When and why do countries reform their pension systems?; 3.2 The Maastricht Treaty shock: pressure from "above"; 3.3 Empirical analysis; 3.4 Results; 3.5 Conclusion.
  • 4 Informal signaling and EU-level bargaining4.1 Decision-making in the European Union: bargaining and procedural approaches; 4.2 The costs of adjusting to an EU-wide pension market; 4.3 Formal model; 4.4 Pressure from "below": domestic preferences over EU pension regulations; 4.5 What makes "domestic constraints" assertions credible?; 4.6 Conclusion; 4.7 Equilibrium characterization; How do changes in the valuation of agreement affect the probability of bargaining breakdown?; 5 Single pension market; 5.1 Inefficient agenda setting in the early 1990s.
  • 5.2 Efficient agenda setting in the early 2000s5.3 Taxation, investment rules, and biometric risk coverage; 5.4 Country variations; 5.5 Alternative explanations; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 The German position on EU pension policies; 6.1 The German workplace pension system; 6.2 Germany and EU negotiation failure in the early 1990s; 6.3 Domestic discourse
  • the Kohl era; 6.4 Germany and EU negotiation success in the early 2000s; 6.5 Domestic discourse
  • the Schroder era; 6.6 Domestic discourse
  • the Merkel era; 6.7 Conclusion; 7 The British position on EU pension policies.
  • 7.1 The British workplace pension system7.2 Domestic discourse
  • the Thatcher era; 7.3 Britain and EU negotiation failure in the early 1990s; 7.4 Britain and EU negotiation success in the early 2000s; 7.5 Domestic discourse
  • the Blair era; 7.6 Conclusion; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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