The Future of Pension Plans in the EU Internal Market

Introduction.- Part I.- Pay-as-you-go Versus Funded Pension Plans: Which Way to Better Address Common Challenges in the EU?.- Old-Age Pension Systems: Characterization and Comparability.- What's New in the Debate About Pay-as-you-go Versus Funded Pensions?.- The Role of the Government in Creating or Enhancing the Access to Funded or Unfunded Pensions in the Modern Welfare State.- The Coverage of Occupational and Personal Pension Plans.- Sustainability and Adequacy of Pension Systems Across the OECD: Shocks, Robustness and Policies.- Part II.- The Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the Future of Pension Plans: Opportunities, Risks and Drawbacks.- The Capital Markets Union: Saving for Retirement and Investing for Growth.- Sustainable Pensions for European Citizens: How to Close the Gap?.- Welfare Gains from a Capital Market Union with Capital-Funded Pensions.- SeLFIES for Portugal: An Innovative Pan European Retirement Solution.- The Pan-European Pension Product and the Capital Markets Union: A Way to Enhance and Complete the Economic and Monetary Union?.- The Final PEPP or How to Kill an Important EU Commission Proposal.- Deepening Financialization Within the EU: Consequences for Pension Regimes.- Part III.- Pension Plans and the European Pillar of Social Rights: A New Scope for the EU Social Policy?.- Pensions at a Crossroad Between Social Rights and Financial Markets: Which Way to Be Chosen?.- From Paris to Lisbon: The Ever-Changing European Social Policy Landscape.- Pension Reforms After the Crisis: Bringing Adequacy Back in the Domestic and EU Policy Equation?.- How to Best Address Pension Adequacy and Financial Sustainability in the Context of Population Ageing: The Labour Market as a Key Determinant.- Pensions in the Fluid EU Society: Challenges for (Migrant) Workers.