design and implementation issues in swedish individual pension.pdf

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES IN SWEDISH INDIVIDUAL PENSION ACCOUNTS R. Kent Weaver* CRR WP 2005-05 Released: April 2005 Draft Submitted: March 2005 Center for Retirement Research at Boston College 550 Fulton Hall 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Tel: 617-552- 1762 Fax: 617-552-0191 /crr * R. Kent Weaver is Professor of Public Policy and Government at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR). The opinions and conclusions are solely those of the author and do not represent the opinions or policy of SSA or any agency of the Federal Government, the CRR, the Luxembourg Income Study, or the Brookings Institution. © 2005, by R. Kent Weaver. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. About the Center for Retirement Research The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, part of a consortium that includes a parallel centers at the University of Michigan and the National Bureau of Economic Research, was established in 1998 through a grant from the Social Security Administration. The goals of the Center are to promote