Old-Age Provision and Homeownership – Fiscal Incentives and Other Public Policy Options, 1st ed. 2018

In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership. Further, it assesses the relationship between the two instruments and offers a unique overview of the latest market developments.

In order to represent the profound differences between the individual member states of the EU, this book features six country-specific studies ? covering Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ? that provide detailed insights into the complexity of local private pension schemes, mortgage markets, and housing markets. Lastly, the book discusses public policies and fiscal incentives intended to better integrate residential property with private pensions. It will appeal to both, private households seeking to build up old-age security, as well as policy makers interested in providing secure pension schemes. 

PART I   OLD-AGE SECURITY AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THE EU – AN OVERVIEW

Personal Pensions and Homeownership in the EU – an Overview (Martina Eckardt, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary)

Old-Age Poverty and Residential Property in the EU – An Analysis with the EU-SILC 2014 Data (Eszter Megyeri, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary) 

PART II  WELL-DEVELOPED MARKETS FOR PRIVATE PENSIONS AND HOMEOWNERSHIP

Holding on and Letting Go in Ireland - Examining the Policy and Fiscal Environment for Supplementing Retirement Income from Residential Property (Yogesh Jaiyawala, John Maher, Richard Burke, Sean Byrne, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

Pensions, Housing and Mortgage Markets in the United Kingdom (Tripti Sharma, Donal McKillop, Declan French, Queen’s Management School, Queens University Belfast, UK)

PART III                COUNTRIES WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUT A RATHER LOW DEGREE OF PRIVATE PENSIONS

Italy: an Ageing Country with Low Level of Private Pension Schemes but High Home-Ownership Rate (Pierluigi Murro, LUMSA University Rome, Italy and Flaviana Palmisano, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy)

My Home is My Castle? Sustainability of Private Pensions and Private Homeownership in Hungary (Jörg Dötsch, Martina Eckardt, Eszter Megyeri, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary)

PART IV                COUNTRIES WITH A LOW DEGREE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AND A LOW DEGREE OF PRIVATE PENSIONS

Germany: Ageing Economy with Rising Pension Gap, Stable Mortgage Market and Well-Developed Rental Market (Sebastien Clerc-Renaud, Dirk Ulbricht, Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Hamburg, Germany and Doris Neuberger, University of Rostock/ Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Hamburg, Germany)

Martina Eckardt is Professor of Public Finance and Public Policy at Andrássy University Budapest (AUB). Along with her affiliation to AUB, she is member of faculty at the University of Bamberg, Germany. Prof. Eckardt holds a Ph. D. of the University of Jena and the venia legendi in economics of the University of Rostock; she was Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Bamberg, Assistant Professor at the Unviersity of Rostock and Associate Professor at the University Witten-Herdecke, Germany. Her main fields of research are comparative Law and Economics, evolutionary and institutional economics and industrial economics. Related to the topic “Old-Age Provision and Homeownership”, she has published i.e. on insurance economics, pension policy and the pensions OMC.

Stefan Okruch is Professor of Economic Policy at Andrássy University Budapest (AUB), where he also gathered rich experience in international Academic Management. Along with his affiliation to AUB, he is member of faculty at the University of Bamberg, Germany, and visiting professor at the University of Bayreuth, Semmelweis University Budapest, and Hamburg School of Business Administration. He holds a Ph.D.  and the venia legendi in economics of the University of Bayreuth; he was senior research fellow at the interdisciplinary Max Planck Institute on Common Goods in Bonn, Germany. His main fields of research are evolutionary and institutional economics with a strong interdisciplinary bias (especially Law &

Presents new findings on how to integrate homeownership and private old-age security in Europe

Features case studies from six European countries

Provides detailed insights into the complexity of private pension schemes, mortgage markets, and housing markets