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August 2009 (Queen's University)
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Personal Accounts, changing defaults, and retirement saving in the United Kingdom: are there lessons for Canadian pension policy?
Type: Book Chapters
Published in: Retirement policy issues in Canada, Michael G. Abbott, Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway and James G. MacKinnon (eds.), 2009
ISBN: 978-1553391623

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We review recent major reforms to the UK pension system with an eye for whether there are any lessons for Canada. The two key reform features they focus on are the introduction of Personal Accounts for retirement saving for workers who are not eligible for employer-provided pension plans, and the incorporation of "default options" in workers' pension choices.

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