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Gelepithis, Margarita (2018) Three paths to more encompassing supplementary pensions. Journal of Social Policy, 47 (3). pp. 603-623. doi:10.1017/S0047279417000770 ISSN 0047-2794.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279417000770
Abstract
In pension systems characterized by low or moderate state benefits, reliance on voluntary private pensions creates a dualism of access to adequate retirement income. This dualism is expected to persist over time. Yet while some private-heavy pension systems continue to rely on dualising voluntarism, since the 1980s most have introduced regulatory reforms to make private pensions more encompassing. This paper uses fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to identify three paths to the regulatory extension of private pension coverage – collective self-regulation, top-down regulation in Continental Europe, and top-down regulation in Anglophone countries. A case study of the UK then shows how it is that unions have been able to bring about more encompassing private pensions in Anglophone countries, despite strong employer opposition, weak formal influence in policymaking, and a weak institutional capacity for collective self-regulation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Old age pensions, Welfare economics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Social Policy | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0047-2794 | ||||||||
Official Date: | July 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 47 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 603-623 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0047279417000770 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 November 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 March 2018 |
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