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Top 3: Pension Systems in Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands

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  • Hougaard Jensen, Svend E.
  • Lassila, Jukka
  • Määttänen, Niku
  • Valkonen, Tarmo
  • Westerhout, Ed

Abstract

According to the 2018 Mercer Global Pension index, the pension systems of Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the best three in the world. This paper seeks to identify the common elements of success of these three pension systems, including the institutional framework within which they operate. We emphasize the collective and compulsory nature of the earnings-related pension schemes and the important role for social partners in all three pension systems. We also discuss what we believe are the most important challenges these systems face.

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  • Hougaard Jensen, Svend E. & Lassila, Jukka & Määttänen, Niku & Valkonen, Tarmo & Westerhout, Ed, 2019. "Top 3: Pension Systems in Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands," ETLA Working Papers 66, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
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    1. Lassila, Jukka, 2018. "Aggregate Risks, Intergenerational Risk-Sharing and Fiscal Sustainability in the Finnish Earnings-Related Pension System," ETLA Working Papers 57, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
    2. Svend E. Hougaard Jensen & Torben Möger Pedersen & Tove Birgitte Foxman, 2019. "Experiences with Occupational Pensions in Denmark," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 88(1), pages 11-30.
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    1. Svend E. Hougaard Jensen & Thorsteinn Sigurdur Sveinsson & Gylfi Zoega, 2021. "Longevity Adjustment of Retirement Age and Intragenerational Inequality," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 88(350), pages 339-363, April.
    2. Svend E. Hougaard Jensen & Thorsteinn Sigurdur Sveinsson & Gylfi Zoega, 2019. "Longevity, Retirement and Intra-Generational Equity," CESifo Working Paper Series 7704, CESifo.
    3. Westerhout, Ed & Ponds, Eduard & Zwaneveld, P.J., 2021. "Completing Dutch Pension Reform," Other publications TiSEM 4ee13c87-dd61-481b-bcb7-c, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.

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    Keywords

    Pensions; Pension taxation; Fiscal sustainability; Saving; Retirement;
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    JEL classification:

    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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