Problems Concerning Pension Policies in the EU Member States

Stegaroiu, Valentin (2009): Problems Concerning Pension Policies in the EU Member States.

Abstract

Each Member of the European Union (EU) has designed and perfected its own pension scheme as a necessary evolution of direct development taking into account the arguments that have led to such developments. Currently, due to these issues, not at all simple, in these states, there is a growing concern for finding common solutions to harmonization these systems as a direct consequence of the free movement of persons.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: European social policy, social security, European regulation, social security, social benefits
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions; F - International Economics > F0 - General > F02 - International Economic Order and Integration; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F59 - Other; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F53 - International Agreements and Observance ; International Organizations; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O52 - Europe

References

I. Laws, acts

1. Council Directive 98/49/EC of 29 June 1998 on safeguarding the supplementary pension rights of employees and self-employed persons, which is moving within the Community, published in the Official Journal no. L 209 of 25 July 1998[Directiva Consiliului 98/49/CE din 29 iunie 1998 privind protecţia drepturilor la pensie suplimentară ale salariaţilor şi persoanelor care desfăşoară activităţi independente, care se deplasează în cadrul Comunităţii, publicată în Jurnalul Oficial nr. L 209 din 25 iulie 1998]

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II. Monographs, manuals, brochures

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