Bernard H Casey
Biographic Data
| ID | 2008014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernard H Casey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernard H |
| FAMILY NAME | Casey |
| SIGNATURE | CASEY B H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
From pension funds to piggy banks: (Perverse) consequences of the S tability and G rowth P act since the crisis
As part of their strategy for economic and monetary union, E uropean governments committed themselves to fiscal discipline – particularly by placing limits on annual deficits and on public debt. Subsequently, and as they sought to respond to the “current crisis”, they embraced the view that only if public finances were kept under control would sustainable recovery be possible. Rules of fiscal governance were strengthened. To help them meet these …
Voluntary Pension Saving for Old Age: Are the Objectives of Self‐responsibility and Security Compatible
Fiscal pressure and demographic change lead governments to seek ways of reducing state expenditure on pensions. Individuals are asked to take more responsibility, and funded, supplementary pension schemes have been established in many countries. This article looks at schemes that are voluntary – the NEST or Personal Accounts scheme in Britain and the Riester Pension scheme in Germany. It examines the debate about whether it is worthwhile for some…
The implications of the economic crisis for pensions and pension policy in Europe
The financial crisis has affected European pensions in both the short and longer term. Members of funded pension systems nearing retirement experienced a sharp contraction in pension wealth as equity markets fell. Market turmoil has damaged public trust in such schemes and has caused employers to revise their pension obligations. Countries running funded schemes based on a share of mandatory contributions are faced with rising transition costs as…
Pensions in Nigeria: The performance of the new system of personal accounts
In 2004, Nigeria copied the 1981 Chilean pension reform and established a funded system based upon personal accounts. The new system was neither appropriate for a country such as Nigeria, nor did it meet aspirations of improving pension coverage or helping economic growth. The current financial and economic crisis hit the scheme in so far as it hit stock values. However, more important has been the negative real interest rates that can be earned …
Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa
In the last decade and particularly since the publication of the Millennium Development Goals, social pensions have captured the interest of those concerned with the well‐being of older people across that large part of the world where formal, contributions‐financed, old‐age benefit systems cover only a minority of the population. International organizations have turned their attention to such schemes and some see them as having a valuable role to…
Policy learning and social protection: What have we learnt
This special issue of the Review has brought examples of the development of social protection policies and programmes that show whether, and if so how, reference to foreign experience has been made. It has sought to ask to what extent a learning process has occurred and to what extent policy-making in any one country can profit from an examination of proposals and solutions developed in another. Whilst doing this, it has paid attention to the rol…
Learning across borders: Labour market and social policies
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has always had as one of its missions the exchange of information between member organizations in order to assist them to learn about common challenges and efforts taken to meet them. The International Social Security Review has long been one of the vehicles by which such information has been distributed. It has provided a forum where policy-makers can articulate and explain in a thoughtful fas…
The economic contribution of PhDs
This paper looks at what the value of a doctorate is, both to employers in particular and to society and the economy at large. Given the emphasis many universities and funding agencies/governments are putting upon the development of PhD programmes, this is an issue deserving attention. The paper tries to show how two separate but interrelated questions 'What is a doctorate worth?' and 'Is there a justification for society to subsidise the product…
Pension Reform in Nigeria: How not to `Learn from Others
While the Chilean pension reform has received considerable attention, its emulation in Nigeria has not. This article is the first in-depth analysis of the Nigerian reform. It suggests that the Nigerian authorities failed to learn the lessons of Chile. They transposed a system that both failed to serve the country from which it was copied and that is inappropriate to the country to which it was copied. For countries such as Nigeria, alternative fo…
Peer review of labour market programmes in the European Union: What can countries really learn from one another
This article analyses attempts to promote the diffusion of labour market programmes across the member states of the EU. Under a peer review procedure, member states are encouraged to host visits from other countries to review policy approaches and policy measures whose success they wish to publicize. The article examines the extent to which reviewers feel that they have learnt and whether they consider any aspects of the programmes they have exam…
The OECD Jobs Strategy and the European Employment Strategy: Two Views of the Labour Market and the Welfare State
High unemployment in the 1990s prompted policy responses at supranational as well as national levels, notably the OECD Jobs Strategy and the European Employment Strategy. Both strategies reflect a supply-side orientation, but the European strategy pays more attention to the role of ‘social partners’, the potential negative consequences of certain policy responses, and the interconnections between employment and social protection policies. Each st…
Pension reform in the Baltic States: Convergence with “Europe” or with “the world”
The Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – join the European Union in 2004. This paper examines pension reform in the three countries over the past decade in the light of the “European social model” and the “World Bank model”. Part one seeks to define these two models. It shows how the former emphasizes income adequacy and solidarity while the latter stresses fiscal sustainability, savings and economic growth. Part two looks at reforms m…
Why People Don't Choose Private Pensions: The Impact of ‘Contagion’
Pension privatisation requires that people exercise choice. They might have to choose whether to opt out of a public scheme into a private scheme, or whether to supplement public pension contributions with private pension contributions. If they do choose to participate in a private scheme, they are likely to have to choose how their savings are to be invested. This paper looks at whether people are happy to opt for private solutions, and particul…
How Will We Provide and Pay for Long-Term Care
Ageing produces not only financial dependency but also physical dependency. The projected fiscal costs of increased long-term care provision can be higher than those of increased pension provision. Cost projections can be questioned for failing to take account of increased demands for formal care as female labour force participation rises and as social constrains and household structures supportive of informal caring disappear. New ways are neede…
The Public Finance Implications of Private Pensions: An Analysis with Special Reference to the United Kingdom
In an effort to take the costs of pensions "off the books", many have advocated giving a greater role to funded benefits, privately provided. However, where governments have adopted such an approach, they have both mandated contributions to the private schemes and sought, in the interests of consumer protection, to regulate them. Moreover, in many cases, either explicitly or implicitly, they have made some guarantees about the benefits that will …
Peer review of labour market programmes in the European Union: What can countries really learn from one another
This article analyses attempts to promote the diffusion of labour market programmes across the member states of the EU. Under a peer review procedure, member states are encouraged to host visits from other countries to review policy approaches and policy measures whose success they wish to publicize. The article examines the extent to which reviewers feel that they have learnt and whether they consider any aspects of the programmes they have exam…
Pension reform in the Baltic States: Convergence with “Europe” or with “the world”
The Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – join the European Union in 2004. This paper examines pension reform in the three countries over the past decade in the light of the “European social model” and the “World Bank model”. Part one seeks to define these two models. It shows how the former emphasizes income adequacy and solidarity while the latter stresses fiscal sustainability, savings and economic growth. Part two looks at reforms m…
The implications of the economic crisis for pensions and pension policy in Europe
The financial crisis has affected European pensions in both the short and longer term. Members of funded pension systems nearing retirement experienced a sharp contraction in pension wealth as equity markets fell. Market turmoil has damaged public trust in such schemes and has caused employers to revise their pension obligations. Countries running funded schemes based on a share of mandatory contributions are faced with rising transition costs as…
Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa
In the last decade and particularly since the publication of the Millennium Development Goals, social pensions have captured the interest of those concerned with the well‐being of older people across that large part of the world where formal, contributions‐financed, old‐age benefit systems cover only a minority of the population. International organizations have turned their attention to such schemes and some see them as having a valuable role to…
The economic contribution of PhDs
This paper looks at what the value of a doctorate is, both to employers in particular and to society and the economy at large. Given the emphasis many universities and funding agencies/governments are putting upon the development of PhD programmes, this is an issue deserving attention. The paper tries to show how two separate but interrelated questions 'What is a doctorate worth?' and 'Is there a justification for society to subsidise the product…
Pension Reform in Nigeria: How not to `Learn from Others
While the Chilean pension reform has received considerable attention, its emulation in Nigeria has not. This article is the first in-depth analysis of the Nigerian reform. It suggests that the Nigerian authorities failed to learn the lessons of Chile. They transposed a system that both failed to serve the country from which it was copied and that is inappropriate to the country to which it was copied. For countries such as Nigeria, alternative fo…
From pension funds to piggy banks: (Perverse) consequences of the S tability and G rowth P act since the crisis
As part of their strategy for economic and monetary union, E uropean governments committed themselves to fiscal discipline – particularly by placing limits on annual deficits and on public debt. Subsequently, and as they sought to respond to the “current crisis”, they embraced the view that only if public finances were kept under control would sustainable recovery be possible. Rules of fiscal governance were strengthened. To help them meet these …
Voluntary Pension Saving for Old Age: Are the Objectives of Self‐responsibility and Security Compatible
Fiscal pressure and demographic change lead governments to seek ways of reducing state expenditure on pensions. Individuals are asked to take more responsibility, and funded, supplementary pension schemes have been established in many countries. This article looks at schemes that are voluntary – the NEST or Personal Accounts scheme in Britain and the Riester Pension scheme in Germany. It examines the debate about whether it is worthwhile for some…
Pensions in Nigeria: The performance of the new system of personal accounts
In 2004, Nigeria copied the 1981 Chilean pension reform and established a funded system based upon personal accounts. The new system was neither appropriate for a country such as Nigeria, nor did it meet aspirations of improving pension coverage or helping economic growth. The current financial and economic crisis hit the scheme in so far as it hit stock values. However, more important has been the negative real interest rates that can be earned …
Learning across borders: Labour market and social policies
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has always had as one of its missions the exchange of information between member organizations in order to assist them to learn about common challenges and efforts taken to meet them. The International Social Security Review has long been one of the vehicles by which such information has been distributed. It has provided a forum where policy-makers can articulate and explain in a thoughtful fas…
Why People Don't Choose Private Pensions: The Impact of ‘Contagion’
Pension privatisation requires that people exercise choice. They might have to choose whether to opt out of a public scheme into a private scheme, or whether to supplement public pension contributions with private pension contributions. If they do choose to participate in a private scheme, they are likely to have to choose how their savings are to be invested. This paper looks at whether people are happy to opt for private solutions, and particul…
The Public Finance Implications of Private Pensions: An Analysis with Special Reference to the United Kingdom
In an effort to take the costs of pensions "off the books", many have advocated giving a greater role to funded benefits, privately provided. However, where governments have adopted such an approach, they have both mandated contributions to the private schemes and sought, in the interests of consumer protection, to regulate them. Moreover, in many cases, either explicitly or implicitly, they have made some guarantees about the benefits that will …
The Public Finance Implications of Private Pensions: An Analysis with Special Reference to the United Kingdom
In an effort to take the costs of pensions "off the books", many have advocated giving a greater role to funded benefits, privately provided. However, where governments have adopted such an approach, they have both mandated contributions to the private schemes and sought, in the interests of consumer protection, to regulate them. Moreover, in many cases, either explicitly or implicitly, they have made some guarantees about the benefits that will …
Why People Don't Choose Private Pensions: The Impact of ‘Contagion’
Pension privatisation requires that people exercise choice. They might have to choose whether to opt out of a public scheme into a private scheme, or whether to supplement public pension contributions with private pension contributions. If they do choose to participate in a private scheme, they are likely to have to choose how their savings are to be invested. This paper looks at whether people are happy to opt for private solutions, and particul…
How Will We Provide and Pay for Long-Term Care
Ageing produces not only financial dependency but also physical dependency. The projected fiscal costs of increased long-term care provision can be higher than those of increased pension provision. Cost projections can be questioned for failing to take account of increased demands for formal care as female labour force participation rises and as social constrains and household structures supportive of informal caring disappear. New ways are neede…
The OECD Jobs Strategy and the European Employment Strategy: Two Views of the Labour Market and the Welfare State
High unemployment in the 1990s prompted policy responses at supranational as well as national levels, notably the OECD Jobs Strategy and the European Employment Strategy. Both strategies reflect a supply-side orientation, but the European strategy pays more attention to the role of ‘social partners’, the potential negative consequences of certain policy responses, and the interconnections between employment and social protection policies. Each st…
Pension reform in the Baltic States: Convergence with “Europe” or with “the world”
The Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – join the European Union in 2004. This paper examines pension reform in the three countries over the past decade in the light of the “European social model” and the “World Bank model”. Part one seeks to define these two models. It shows how the former emphasizes income adequacy and solidarity while the latter stresses fiscal sustainability, savings and economic growth. Part two looks at reforms m…
Peer review of labour market programmes in the European Union: What can countries really learn from one another
This article analyses attempts to promote the diffusion of labour market programmes across the member states of the EU. Under a peer review procedure, member states are encouraged to host visits from other countries to review policy approaches and policy measures whose success they wish to publicize. The article examines the extent to which reviewers feel that they have learnt and whether they consider any aspects of the programmes they have exam…
Pension Reform in Nigeria: How not to `Learn from Others
While the Chilean pension reform has received considerable attention, its emulation in Nigeria has not. This article is the first in-depth analysis of the Nigerian reform. It suggests that the Nigerian authorities failed to learn the lessons of Chile. They transposed a system that both failed to serve the country from which it was copied and that is inappropriate to the country to which it was copied. For countries such as Nigeria, alternative fo…
Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa
In the last decade and particularly since the publication of the Millennium Development Goals, social pensions have captured the interest of those concerned with the well‐being of older people across that large part of the world where formal, contributions‐financed, old‐age benefit systems cover only a minority of the population. International organizations have turned their attention to such schemes and some see them as having a valuable role to…
Policy learning and social protection: What have we learnt
This special issue of the Review has brought examples of the development of social protection policies and programmes that show whether, and if so how, reference to foreign experience has been made. It has sought to ask to what extent a learning process has occurred and to what extent policy-making in any one country can profit from an examination of proposals and solutions developed in another. Whilst doing this, it has paid attention to the rol…
Learning across borders: Labour market and social policies
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has always had as one of its missions the exchange of information between member organizations in order to assist them to learn about common challenges and efforts taken to meet them. The International Social Security Review has long been one of the vehicles by which such information has been distributed. It has provided a forum where policy-makers can articulate and explain in a thoughtful fas…
The economic contribution of PhDs
This paper looks at what the value of a doctorate is, both to employers in particular and to society and the economy at large. Given the emphasis many universities and funding agencies/governments are putting upon the development of PhD programmes, this is an issue deserving attention. The paper tries to show how two separate but interrelated questions 'What is a doctorate worth?' and 'Is there a justification for society to subsidise the product…
Pensions in Nigeria: The performance of the new system of personal accounts
In 2004, Nigeria copied the 1981 Chilean pension reform and established a funded system based upon personal accounts. The new system was neither appropriate for a country such as Nigeria, nor did it meet aspirations of improving pension coverage or helping economic growth. The current financial and economic crisis hit the scheme in so far as it hit stock values. However, more important has been the negative real interest rates that can be earned …
The implications of the economic crisis for pensions and pension policy in Europe
The financial crisis has affected European pensions in both the short and longer term. Members of funded pension systems nearing retirement experienced a sharp contraction in pension wealth as equity markets fell. Market turmoil has damaged public trust in such schemes and has caused employers to revise their pension obligations. Countries running funded schemes based on a share of mandatory contributions are faced with rising transition costs as…
Voluntary Pension Saving for Old Age: Are the Objectives of Self‐responsibility and Security Compatible
Fiscal pressure and demographic change lead governments to seek ways of reducing state expenditure on pensions. Individuals are asked to take more responsibility, and funded, supplementary pension schemes have been established in many countries. This article looks at schemes that are voluntary – the NEST or Personal Accounts scheme in Britain and the Riester Pension scheme in Germany. It examines the debate about whether it is worthwhile for some…
From pension funds to piggy banks: (Perverse) consequences of the S tability and G rowth P act since the crisis
As part of their strategy for economic and monetary union, E uropean governments committed themselves to fiscal discipline – particularly by placing limits on annual deficits and on public debt. Subsequently, and as they sought to respond to the “current crisis”, they embraced the view that only if public finances were kept under control would sustainable recovery be possible. Rules of fiscal governance were strengthened. To help them meet these …
Economics (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Finance (9 works) · Pension (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Economic policy (7 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (7 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (7 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 works)