BACKGROUND Hearing difficulties is a large public health problem, prognosticated to be the ninth leading burden of disease in 2030, and may also involve large consequences for work capacity. However, research regarding sickness absence and disability pension in relation to hearing difficulties is scarce. The aim was to gain knowledge about hearing difficulties or other ear-related diagnoses and...

OBJECTIVES This prospective cohort study examines number of self-reported days of sickness absence as a risk marker for future disability pension among a representative sample of employees in Denmark 1990-2004. MATERIAL AND METHODS 4177 employees between 18 and 45 years were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire in 1990 regarding sickness absence, age, gender, socioeconomic posi...

3 1. The problems of pension contribution collection systems 4 2. Collecting contributions in different pension models 7 3. Centralised versus decentralized collection 11 4. Operational issues in centralizing collection 16 5. Selected international experiences 21

Pension funds are remarkable institutions. Charged with the welfare of plan beneficiaries and retirees, they carry a heavy burden of responsibility. And yet, unlike many government institutions, they have considerable discretion in fulfilling their goals and objectives. Even if their independence is circumscribed by statutory requirements, their autonomy is a distinctive aspect of Anglo-America...

Based on data for private wage and salary workers in May 1988, this article examined pension coverage under two types of employer-sponsored pension plans. Some of the factors associated with employer-financed pension coverage were also examined, and comparisons were made to findings on pension coverage of full-time workers in 1972, 1979, and 1983. "Covered" workers were defined as those actuall...

BACKGROUND A number of previous studies have investigated various predictors for being granted a disability pension. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of sick-leave track record as a predictor of being granted a disability pension in a large dataset based on subjects sampled from the general population and followed for a long time. METHODS Data from five ongoing population-based ...

The rapid transition from defined benefit (DB) pension plans to defined contribution (DC) plans has a potential benefit of offering pension holders greater control over how their pension accumulations are invested. If pension holders are willing to take some risk, investments in the stock market could increase their economic preparation for retirement. Indeed, standard life-cycle models of econ...

BACKGROUND The social gradient in disability pension is well recognized, however mechanisms accounting for the gradient are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association between occupational class and subsequent disability pension among middle-aged men and women, and to what extent work-related factors accounted for the association. METHODS A subsample (N = 7031) of th...