2001
DOI: 10.1111/1468-246x.00085
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Portability of Supplementary Pension Rights in the European Union

Abstract: European Union (EU) legislation on portability of supplementary pension rights accrued by private-sector migrant workers is at an early stage. The recent directive on this topic, aiming to preserve accrued pension rights at least at the level guaranteed in the case of within-borders mobility, emphasizes the role of country-specific legislation on pension portability issues. This paper analyses EU as well as national pension portability regulation for a representative sample of EU countries, in the light of rec… Show more

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“…With regard to statutory provision, most of the literature suggests that mobile workers can be quite confident of adequate protection. Many studies assume that the legislation described previously prevents losses on account of mobility (Schmähl, ; Whiteford, ; Andrietti, ; Holzmann et al ., ; Kalogeropoulou, ; Forteza, ). However, this claim has rarely been investigated empirically (see also Holzmann and Koettl, :49), and when it has, problems have been identified (Wildasin, ; Fenge and von Weizsäcker, ).…”
Section: Portability Of Pension Rights In the Eu – Legislation And Itmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With regard to statutory provision, most of the literature suggests that mobile workers can be quite confident of adequate protection. Many studies assume that the legislation described previously prevents losses on account of mobility (Schmähl, ; Whiteford, ; Andrietti, ; Holzmann et al ., ; Kalogeropoulou, ; Forteza, ). However, this claim has rarely been investigated empirically (see also Holzmann and Koettl, :49), and when it has, problems have been identified (Wildasin, ; Fenge and von Weizsäcker, ).…”
Section: Portability Of Pension Rights In the Eu – Legislation And Itmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our view, that ne ces si tates clear tax ar range ments giv ing pref er ence, on one hand, to col lec tive forms over in di vid ual forms (so the dis tinc tion must be clar i fied) 43 and, on the other hand, fa vour ing forms ex pressly de signed to cover a so cial risk (so there has to be agree ment on the def i ni tion of this) over in de ter mi nate forms (sav ings). But it is not cer tain that any sin gle European model is emerg ing here.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…A pension scheme lacking full portability imposes a portability loss on workers who change to another scheme. The portability loss is the shortfall of retirement benefits from those that would have been paid had there been no change in the pension-scheme membership due to a change of jobs (Andrietti, 2001;Blake and Orszag, 1997: 21).…”
Section: Definitions and The Portability Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In defined contribution (DC) pension schemes, contributions are accumulated in an individual savings account that is eventually used to buy an annuity or to pay programmed withdrawals to the worker when s/he retires. Usually, defined contribution schemes have full or almost full portability: after a short vesting period, workers assume ownership of their accounts and can take their savings with them when they change to another pension scheme (Andrietti, 2001;Blake and Orszag, 1997: 10). In defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, the sponsor of the plan promises a pension that usually depends on the final wage and the number of years of service.…”
Section: Definitions and The Portability Issuementioning
confidence: 99%