The New Pension Mix in Europe: Reform trends, polcy and political challenges, open research questions

This chapter aims at guiding the reader through the review of pension reforms in Europe. In line with the research questions at the core of the volume, sections one to three take stock of the comparative literature on pensions that is mainly focused on the reforms of the last decades, up to the more recent economic and financial crisis. Here we provide background information which the present volume will update and/or revise on the basis of evidence provided by the most recent policy and political dynamics.