Public Pension Statements in Selected Countries : A Comparison

Increases in longevity, changes in pension structure, and the shift to greater individual responsibility for retirement saving make it important that governments provide workers with information about their public retirement benefits. Public pension statements are one way governments can do this. This article compares public pension statements in Canada, Sweden, and the United States. For each country, it briefly describes the public pension program and discusses the origins and content of the public pension statement. The article concludes with an assessment of the information provided in each of the three countries’ public pension statements