The present volume contains the proceedings of the workshop "Transformation of th Social Security: Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe", held on March 27-28 , 1998 in Berlin. The workshop was realised in the context of the multi-disciplinary research programme "The Transformation of Economic Systems and the Reform of Societies in Central and Eastern Europe", currently conducted at Frankfurt Institute for Transformation Studies, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder). The programme, involving economists, cultural and political scientists, sociologists and jurists, is funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The editors would like to express their appreciation for this invaluable source of financial support. Moreover, special thanks are due to two people who, in spite of a tight schedule, have done their best to improve the readability and appearance of this book: Melany Jacobs made skilful linguistic improvements to the original manuscripts, while Andreas Paul took great care over the final layout. Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1X Introduction: Transforming Social Security - Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe Katharina MOiler, Andreas Ry/l and Hans-JOrgen Wagener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. Transition and Social Security in Central-Eastern Europe Social Security - A Second Phase Transformation Phenomenon? Hans-JOrgen Wagener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Transformation of Social Security in Central and Eastern Europe Krzysztof Hagemejer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 II. Issues and Role Models in the Pension Reform Debate The Controversy Between the Pay-As-You-Go System and the Fully-Funded System in Old-Age Security Hermann Ribhegge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 The Political Feasibility of Pension Reform in the Light of Demographic Change Friedrich Breyer and Klaus Stolte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wagener (1941) hat in Berlin und München Volkswirtschaft und Soziologie studiert. Nach Forschungstätigkeit am Osteuropa-Institut München und am Wiener Institut für internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche übernahm er 1975 an der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen einen Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere den Vergleich von Wirtschaftssystemen. Nach der Neugründung der Viadrina wechselte er 1993 auf einen Lehrstuhl Wirtschaftspolitik in Frankfurt (Oder). Dort gründete er das Frankfurter Institut für Transformationsstudien und beschäftigte sich vor allem mit Fragen des institutionellen Wandels. Sein weiteres Interesse gilt der Geschichte der Wirtschaftstheorie.

Inhalt
Introduction: Transforming Social Security - Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe.- I. Transition and Social Security in Central-Eastern Europe.- Social Security - A Second Phase Transformation Phenomenon?.- The Transformation of Social Security in Central and Eastern Europe.- II. Issues and Role Models in the Pension Reform Debate.- The Controversy Between the Pay-As-You-Go System and the Fully-Funded System in Old-Age Security.- The Political Feasibility of Pension Reform in the Light of Demographic Change.- Pension Reforms in Germany: Major Topics, Decisions and Developments.- Paradigmatic Change in Old-Age Security - Latin American Cases.- III. Old-Age Security in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic: Institutional Legacy, Political Actors and Reform.- The Polish Pension System and its Problems.- The New Polish Pension Laws.- Political Actors and Reform Paradigms in Old-Age Security in Poland.- Hungarian Old-Age Security Prior to the 1998 Reform.- The New Hungarian Pension System and its Problems.- The Politics of the Hungarian Pension Reform.- Political Actors and Reform Paradigms in Czech Old-Age Security.- An Analysis of the Voluntary Pension Fund System in the Czech Republic.- IV. Central-Eastern European Pension Reforms in Comparison.- Distributional and Fiscal Consequences of Social Security Reforms in Central-Eastern Europe.- Structural Settings, Political Actors, and Paradigmatic Outcomes in Central-Eastern European Pension Reforms.