The need for statistics on pensions is increasing as populations age and the choice of available pension schemes widens in many European Union (EU) Member States. As a response to this need, statistical authorities in the EU have been compiling a snapshot of future pensions (accrued...

This report presents the country fiches for each Member State on the pension projection - being the largest public expenditure item covered by the projection exercise released in the 2009 Ageing Report - prepared by the AWG members and by the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for setting the debt and deficit targets under both current and proposed definitions. Applying the same principles to record the pension liabilities over all institutional sectors, including public pensions, can be argued on the grounds of...