PART I: INTRODUCTION
Ch. 1. The National Pension Systems and Financial Consumers: An international comparative perspective on the key linkages
PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS
Countries with pension systems at a mature stage
Ch. 2 - Retirement Income Security in the United States: An Overview of the Public and Private Retirement System
Ch. 3 Retirement Income Security in the Japan: An Overview of the Public and Private Pension System
Ch. 4: The Italian Pension System
Ch. 5: The Polish Pension System Ch. 6: The Swiss Pension System
Countries in the establishment phase of the pension system
Ch. 7: The Korean Pension System
Ch. 8 - Preparing for Rainy Days at the Old Age in Singapore -
Ch. 9: The Chinese Pension System
Countries in the Institutional Entry Phase
Ch.10: The Bangladesh Pension System
Ch. 11: The Indonesian Pension System Ch. 12 - Vietnam's Pension system in the context of aging population
PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS
Ch. 13: Role of the Private Pension Programs
Ch. 14 - THE U.S. PENSIONS AND TAXATION
Ch. 15: Home Equity Monetization Schemes: An Inter-Country Survey
About the Author: Hongmu Lee is a professor of risk management and insurance at the Waseda University, Tokyo in Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the Waseda University. He is also the President of the Insurance and Risk Management Institute of Waseda University. This Insurance and Risk Management Institute is aiming the research with cooperation between industry and the academic world internationally on the insurance and risk management. He has authored several books and articles in academic and professional journals mainly Korea and Japan.
Gianni Nicolini is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy). He received a PhD in Banking and Finance at the Universit of Rome Tor Vergata. His main research interests include consumer finance, financial literacy, and financial behaviors, including pension planning behaviors. He has published in international peer reviewed academic journals and published several books.
Man Cho is a full professor at KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Korea, and is currently serving as Chairman of International Academy of Financial Consumers, an international academic association. His teaching and research areas include FinTech, credit risk management, real estate finance, and and urban and regional economics. Prior to his current position, he worked for Fannie Mae and the World Bank, and also taught at the Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. He holds a Ph.D degree in Applied Economics and Managerial Science from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.
