"At the initiative of the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF), a conference entitled "International Forum on Pension Reform: Exploring the Link to Labor and Financial Market Reforms" was held in Bled, Slovenia, June 7-9, 2007. The discourse has continued, and many papers in this collection have been updated since the conference and a few new ones have been included. Expressing views and open discussion in search of best answers on how to move forward in order to succeed was the most important goal of the conference, and of this volume as well. These proceedings should be helpful to policy makers in Southeastern Europe and other parts of the world who are planning pension system, labor, and financial market reforms in their countries."--BOOK JACKET.
Ch. 1. Fiscal implications of population aging / Andrej Bajuk -- Ch. 2. Linking pension reform to labor and financial market reforms : an introduction / Robert Holzmann -- Ch. 3. New social risks, the life course, and social policy / A. Lans Bovenberg -- Ch. 4. An overview of pension, labor market, and financial market reforms in Southeastern Europe / Dusan Kidric -- Ch. 5. European pension reforms / Olivier Bontout and Georg Fischer -- Ch. 6. The Slovenian pension system in the context of upcoming demographic developments / Boris Majcen and Miroslav Verbic -- Ch. 7. Decreased employment and pensions : the case of Hungary / Maria Augusztinovics and Janos Kollo -- Ch. 8. Live longer, work longer : making it happen in the labor market / Milan Vodopivec and Primoz Dolenc -- Ch. 9. Preparing the labor market for an aging population : designing public policy to increase labor force participation / Gary Burtless -- Ch. 10. Retirement reform in a mature welfare state : the Danish experience / Lars Haagen Pedersen -- Ch. 11. The pension system and employment of older workers : how to change the incentive structure -- the Polish experience / Agnieszka Chlon-Dominiczak -- Ch. 12. Turning boomers into boomerangs : policies and preferences with regard to the employment of older workers in the Netherlands / Ernst B. K. van Koesveld -- Ch. 13. Pension reform and financial markets : encouraging household savings for retirement / Anita Tuladhar -- Ch. 14. Contemporary issues and challenges in a supplementary pension system : the case of Slovenia / Ales S. Berk -- Ch. 15. Designing a regulatory framework for pension reform and development of financial markets : the Estonian experience / Tonu Lillelaid, Veiko Tali and Thomas Auvaart -- Ch. 16. Linking pension reform and financial market development : the experience of Latin America / Augusto Iglesias P. -- Ch. 17. Preparing the financial market for an aging population : the case of the FYR Macedonia / Zorica Apostolska -- Ch. 18. Guidance notes for the policy panels / Robert Holzmann -- Ch. 19. Pension reform : broad context and perspective / Gonzalo C. Caprirolo -- Ch. 20. Aging populations and the scope for adjustment in the Slovenian labor market / Alenka Kajzer -- Ch. 21. Reforming the Slovenian pension system : some guidelines and intergenerational distribution issues / Jan K. Grobovsek and Damjan Kozamernik -- Ch. 22. Statement of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Zehra Novo-Omanovic -- Ch. 23. Statement of the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Srpska / Snjezana Rudic -- Ch. 24. Statement of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Bulgaria / Goran Bankov -- Ch. 25. Statement of the Ministry of Finance, Croatia / Ivana Maletic -- Ch. 26. Statement of the National Bank, FYR Macedonia / Dimitar Bogov -- Ch. 27. Statement of the Ministry of Finance, Moldova / Oleg Hirbu -- Ch. 28. Statement of the Central Bank, Montenegro / Nikola Fabris -- Ch. 29. Statement of the Ministry of Labor, Montenegro / Mileva Todorovic -- Ch. 30. Statement of the Ministry of Finance, Romania / Steluta Nedelcu -- Ch. 31. Statement of the Ministry of Finance, Serbia / Marko Lisica and Vladimir Malbasic -- Ch. 32. Statement of the Ministry of Finance, Slovenia / Andrej Sircelj -- Ch. 33. Statement of the Ministry of Labor, Slovenia / Romana Tomc.