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Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World

Are the economic interests of workers and pensioners inevitably in conflict? Will population ageing over the next four decades intensify this conflict between generations? The first section presents a broad interpretation of intergenerational conflict from the distinct perspectives of demography, economics, philosophy and social policy. The second section examines the growing economic conflict between workers and pensioners embodied in private pension systems, and the final section examines current changes in the nature and purpose of retirement in industrial countries. The essays draw upon a wide range of evidence from Western Europe, North America and Australasia. They demonstrate the need in all the developed countries for a restructuring of pension systems and retirement practices, in order to minimize the possibilities of harmful intergenerational conflict. The public policy implications of the issues of intergenerational equity that the book addresses will be of interest to demographers, labour economists, gerontologists and social policy analysts.

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Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds) (1989), ‘Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Thomson, D, P Johnson, P Johnson and C Conrad (1989), ‘Introduction: Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Ermich, J (1989), ‘Demographic Change and Intergenerational Transfers in Industrialised Countries‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Thomson, D (1989), ‘The Welfare State and Generation Conflict: Winners and Losers‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Daniels, N (1989), ‘Justice and Transfers Between Generations‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Kessler, D (1989), ‘But Why Is There Social Security?‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Sass, S (1989), ‘Pension Bargains: The Heyday of US Collectively Bargained Pension Arrangements‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Achenbaum, A (1989), ‘Public Pensions as Intergenerational Transfers in the United States‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Schmähl, W (1989), ‘Labour Force Participation and Social Pension Systems‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Guillemard, A (1989), ‘The Trend Towards Early Labour Force Withdrawal and the Reorganisation of the Life Course: A Cross-national Analysis‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world

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Cribier, F (1989), ‘Changes in Life Course and Retirement in Recent Years: The Example of Two Cohorts of Parisians‘, in Johnson, P, P Pereira and C Conrad (eds), Workers versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/workers-versus-pensioners-intergenerational-justice-ageing-world