Pensions: Commission welcomes OECD report on value of recent reforms to face future challenges

European Commission MEMO Brussels, 28 November 2013 Recent reforms of pension systems have helped to contain the rise in future cost resulting from ageing populations and increasing life expectancy. These are the findings of the new OECD report Pensions at a Glance 2013. This fifth edition of Pensions at a Glance provides a range of indicators for comparing pension policies and their outcomes between OECD countries. The indicators are also, where possible, provided for the other major economies that are members of the G20. Two special chapters (Chapters 1 and 2) provide deeper analysis of recent pension reforms and their impact and of the role of housing, financial wealth and public service for retirement income adequacy.

Chapter 1. Recent pensions reforms and their distributional impact

Chapter 2. Housing, financial wealth and public services for adequate living standards in old-age

Chapter 3. Design of pension systems

Chapter 4. Pension entitlements

Chapter 5. Income and poverty of older people

Chapter 6. Finances of retirement-income systems

Chapter 7. Demographic and economic context

Chapter 8. Private pensions and public pension reserves

Chapter 9. Pensions at a Glance 2013: Country profiles

Full report: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/finance-and-investment/pensions-at-a-glance-2013_pension_glance-2013-en

OECD Multilingual Summaries: http://www.oecdepublishing.org/multilingual-summaries/pension_glance-2013-sum/html/pension_glance-2013-sum-de.html