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The Economic Consequences of Ageing: The Case of Finland
Maisonneuve, Christine de la; André, Christophe; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
’espérance de vie permettrait de réduire les coûts des pensions et d’accroître l’emploi des travailleurs seniors, à condition d …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276879
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Overcoming Vulnerabilities of Pension Systems
Fall, Falilou; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
systems, with an emphasis on financial sustainability and adequacy. Policy trade-offs and complementarities are reviewed and … indicators are presented for all OECD countries, and the challenges and vulnerabilities of pensions systems in the BRIICS … niveau adéquat des pensions. Les complémentarités et les choix de politiques sont analysés ainsi que les politiques d …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276916
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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 2. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers
Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
small and dominated by non-redistributive schemes such as contributory pensions. Education coverage has increased steadily … programmes non-redistributifs, en particulier les pensions contributives. Les taux de scolarisation ont augmenté mais la qualité …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276998
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Internationally Common Features of Public Old-Age Pensions, and Their Implications for Models of the Public Sector
Mulligan, Casey; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - In: Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2004) 1, pp. 1067-1067
What does the international history of old-age Social Security program design say about the forces creating and sustaining it as a public program? First, because many program features are internationally common, and/or explained by country characteristics, SS may emerge and grow due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086789
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Political and Economic Forces Sustaining Social Security
Mulligan, Casey; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - In: Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2004) 1, pp. 1289-1289
What economic forces create and sustain old-age Social Security as a public program? We relate political, efficiency, and narrative theories of Social Security to empirical results reported in our companion paper in this volume. Political theories, including rational majority voting and pressure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086792
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Raising Investment in Brazil
Arnold, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Low investment rates are limiting Brazil’s future potential growth rate. This paper analyses a number of potential reasons for these low investment rates and discusses policy options to achieve faster capital accumulation. A shortage of domestic saving appears to be a major constraint to...
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Public Spending Efficiency in the Czech Republic: Fiscal Policy Framework and the Main Spending Areas of Pensions and Healthcare
Smidova, Zuzana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
the retirement age will improve pension system sustainability. A new defined contribution tier is being introduced which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009394364
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A Positive Theory of Social Security
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Social Security programmes around the world link public pensions to retirement: people do not lose their pensions if … consistent with it. The main idea is that pensions are a means to induce retirement, that is, to buy the elderly out of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788967
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Ageing Gracefully? A Bootstrap Analysis of Poverty Among Pensioners Using Evidence from the PACO Databases
Heinrich, Georges - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
In 1998 Hungary embarked on a course of comprehensive pension reform. The reforms are likely to change the distribution of incomes of future generations. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. From a policy point of view, we analyse poverty and income inequality among pensioners in Hungary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791337
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The Evolution of Retirement
Conde-Ruiz, José Ignacio; Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We provide a long-term perspective on the individual retirement behaviour and on the future of early retirement. In a cross-country sample, we find that total pension spending depends positively on the degree of early retirement and on the share of elderly in the population, which increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791934