Generational Fairness in Pension Reform

Principal Investigator: Kenneth Howse

   Funding: James Martin 21st Century School

Population ageing has caused some social commentators and policy analysts to reconsider the nature and scope of government responsibilities for the provision of income to retired people. The proposal that government scale down its responsibilities for the provision of retirement income has been justified and also criticised by appeals to intergenerational justice. This research aims to examine the relationship of fairness and justice in relation to proposed pension reform.

This research is being expanded by 2 new positions - a joint research fellowship with Economics  and a visiting position in financial statistics and actuarial science 

   Publications: Howse, K. (2004) What has fairness got to do with it? Social justice and pension reform, Ageing Horizons, 1, 3 – 16. Howse, K (2007). Updating the debate on intergenerational fairness, Soc Pol Admin, 41.