Brooks, Sarah M. <br/><br/>
Social protection and economic integration: the politics of pension reform in era of capital mobility 

 -  2002 
 - p.491-523. 
 - Jun 
<br/><br/> In the past two decades of the 20th century, governments around the world began to apportion greater responsibility for old-age income provisions to individuals and market forces through the privatization of pension systems. This article examines the political and economic foundations of the turn to  private pension systems through a quantitative analysis of 57 countries around the world. I offer a casual model to explain the likelihood and degree of pension privatization based on the unique incentives and constraints created by domestic political and economic structures in each country. I show  that the existing pension system, political party structures, domestic investment and debt levels, and geopolitical networks.  - Reproduced. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social security<br/>Economic integration<br/>Pensions