Conference: “Institutional Reforms in Ageing Societies”

   2017. június 8. 10:00 - 2017. június 9. 18:00

Pázmány Péter Catholic University

   

        Institute for Legal Studies 
Centre for Social Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences

“Institutional reforms in ageing societies”

Conference programme

Venue: Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Address: Szentkirályi u. 28-30. Budapest, 1088

Participation at the conference is free, but subject to registration. Please send an email to institutional.reform@tarki.hu for registration.

Thursday, 8 June 2017

10:00-11:00

Registration

11:00-11:15

Conference opening

Prof. Szabolcs Szuromi (Rector of Pázmány Péter Catholic University)

Prof. András Jakab (Director, Institute for Legal Studies, CSS HAS)

11:15-12:30

Keynote Lecture 1.

Prof. Pieter Vanhuysse (DaWS, University of Southern Denmark): What Age Groups Give Each Other: Pro-elderly Welfare States within a Child-oriented Europe

Chair: András Jakab, Discussant: Dorottya Szikra

12:30-13:15

Lunch

13:15:14:45

Parallel Sessions A,B

14:45-15:00

Coffee break

15:00-16:30

Parallel Sessions C, D

16:30-17:00

Coffee break

17:00-18:30

Parallel Sessions E,F


Friday, 9 June 2017

09:30-10:45

Keynote lecture 2.

Prof. Axel Gosseries (Université Catholique de Louvain): Intergenerational Cooperation and Institutional Design

Chair: Inigo Gonzalez Ricoy, Discussant: Viktor Lőrincz

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:45

Session G

12:45-13:45

Lunch

13:45-15:00

Keynote lecture 3.

Prof. Rainer Grote (MPI Comparative Public Law, Heidelberg): The Constitutional Law of Ageing Societies – Outline of a Research Agenda

Chair: Dr. Gyula Bándi, Discussant: András Jakab

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-17:30

Session H


Programme of sessions

Session A: Attitudes towards intergenerational redistribution (Chair: Róbert Gál)

  • Juan J. Fernández, Gema García-Albacete, Antonio Jaime-Castillo and Jonas Radl (University Carlos III of Madrid): Priming or Framing? A Survey Experiment on the Role of Information and Frames on Attitudes towards Population Aging and Welfare Reforms
  • Attila Gulyás and Béla Janky (HAS, Institute for Sociology): Voting Rights and Intergenerational Justice: Framing and Attitudes
  • Dominik Lober (University of Konstanz): Older People’s Solidarity Towards the Younger Generations – A Matter of Relationships or of Deservingness?

 

Session B: Pension systems and reforms (Chair: Kathrin Komp)

  • Dan Apăteanu (University of Oradea): The Reform of the Pension System in Romania
  • Dorottya Szikra and Diána Kiss (HAS, Institute for Sociology; ELTE): Abandoning Compulsory Private Pensions in Hungary. Processes and Impacts
  • Achim Kemmerling and Kristin Makszin (CEU; HAS, Institute for Political Sciences): Excessive Policy Volatility in Recent Pension Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America

 

Session C: Effects of ageing on the society and the welfare state (Chair: Harald Künemund)

  • Mika Vidlund, Niko Väänänen, Antti Mielonen and Kati Kuitto (Finnish Centre for Pensions): What is the Cost of Total Pension Provision and Who Pays the Bill? – Cross-national Comparison of Pension Contributions
  • Róbert I. Gál and Márton Medgyesi (HDRI; Tárki): Redistribution in the Welfare State: Between Income Groups or Between Age Groups? 
  • Rza Kazimov (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin): Studying Electoral Participation in European Parliament: The Effect of Population Ageing on Aggregate Turnout Patterns in Elections to the European Parliament

 

Session D: Pension reforms and long-term care (Chair: Kristin Makszin)

  • Magdolna Vallasek (Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania): Restoring or Destroying the Financial Sustainability of the Pension System? The Romanian Case
  • Frank Bandau (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg): Partisan Politics in the Long Shadow of the Golden Age: The Case of Pension Reforms in Sweden and Britain
  • Attila Bartha (HAS, Institute for Political Science): Technocratic Expertise versus Populist Governance? Explaining the Role of Political Elites in Pension Reforms in Southern and Central-Eastern Europe
  • Hana Marikova (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences): Elder Care from the Historical and Gender Perspectives: the Case Study of the Czech Republic

 

 

Session E: Policy options to mitigate consequences of ageing (Chair: Juan J. Fernandez)

  • Harald Künemund (University of Vechta): Life Expectancy, Retirement Age and Social Inequalities: Options for the Institutionalized Life Course
  • Hans-Joachim Reinhard (University of Fulda): Challenge of Long-term Care in Ageing European Countries
  • Andrzej Klimczuk (Warsaw School of Economics): The Emergence of the Creative Ageing Movement: Barriers and Challenges in the Countries of the European Union

 

Session F: Work and leisure among the elderly (Chair: Attila Bartha)

  • Kathrin Komp (Helsinki University): Couples Coordinating their Retirement Ages: A Lifetime of Coordination?
  • Éva Berde and Mariann Rigó (Corvinus University Budapest; TU Dortmund):  German or Hungarian Elders are Happier with their Work?
  • Maria Alexandra d’Araújo, Stella Bettencourt da Câmara, Jaime R. S. Fonseca (Univ. of Lisbon): The Role of Leisure in a Social Response to Older Women

 

Session G: Institutions for ageing societies 1 (Chair: Miklós Könczöl)

  • András Jakab (HAS, Institute for Legal Studies; PPCU): Sustainability in European Constitutional Law
  • Inigo Gonzalez Ricoy (University of Barcelona): The Legitimacy of Intergenerational Institutions
  • Michael Rose (Bergische Universität Wuppertal): Democratic Myopia and Future Generations. On Institutional Innovations, their Impact Potential and the Challenges of their Institutionalization

 

Session H: Institutions for ageing societies 2 (Chair: Michael Rose)

  • József Banyár (Corvinus University Budapest): Conflict or Fair Deal Between the Generations? Alternative Economics for Pensions
  • Paul Bou-Habib (University of Essex): A Longevity Tax for Ageing Societies?
  • Viktor Lőrincz (HAS, Institute for Legal Studies): Age and Capacity in Continental Law – Psychological Aspects
  • Miklós Könczöl (HAS, Institute for Legal Studies; PPCU): Parental Proxy Voting and Paternalism

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