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Irish Citizens’ Attitudes to Pension Reform and Redistribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2013

Yosr Abid  and
Cathal O'Donoghue
Yosr Abid
Affiliation:
Technical and Practical Assistance to Development, Tunisia E-mail: yosraf@tpadoffice.com
Cathal O'Donoghue
Affiliation:
Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc E-mail: Cathal.ODonoghue@teagasc.ie
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Abstract

In order to assess people's preferences regarding potential reforms of the Irish state pension system, we surveyed a sample of the Irish adult population about their opinion on a selection of measures and issues related to the redistributive principles and parameters of the pension scheme. Even though very few people are well informed about the pension system, we observe a kind of homogeneity regarding perceptions about the way public pension benefits should be provided. As far as we know, this article represents the first attempt to elicit people's preferences for reforming the state Irish pension system using stated preferences techniques.

Keywords

Public pension reformpopulation ageingstated preferences
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 203 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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