Inventing Retirement - The Development of Occupational Pensions in Britain

List of contents

List of tables and figures; Preface; Part I. The Rise of Pensioning: 1. Savings, work and old age in Victorian Britain; 2. Rival pioneers of collectivism: pensions, the state and employers (1899-1927); 3. The insurance challenge (1927-56); 4. The state: partner or competitor? (1940-78); 5. Competition and professionalisation: the maturing of the pension market (1956-79); Part II. The Shaping of the Modern Pensions Institution: 6. Accident and design in the evolution of pensions; 7. Pensions in peril? security, solvency and vesting; 8. Designing the benefit structure; 9. Retirement: age discrimination or the fruits of prosperity?; Epilogue; Statistical appendix; A note on sources; Notes; Index.

Summary

Pension funds now account for a large portion of old-age incomes, of capital ownership, and of employee fringe benefits. This book, first published in 1986, examines the interplay of business, political and social forces in this profound transformation, showing why old-age saving became rooted in the employment contract.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Hannah, Hannah Leslie, Hannah Leslie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.1986
• EAN: 9780521303613
• ISBN: 978-0-521-30361-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Pensions, Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, United Kingdom, Great Britain