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Fiscal challenges and inclusive growth in ageing societies

Rouzet, Dorothée; Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Renault, … - 2019

generations and the sustainability of public finances. Rising old-age dependency ratios will put the financing of adequate … pensions, health and long-term care under high pressure. The paper provides recommendations on policy responses to address … pensions, incentivising private savings, enhancing the efficiency of health care provision, expanding the coverage of social …

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Objectives and challenges in the implementation of a universal pension system in France

Boulhol, Hervé - 2019

-as-you-go system while ensuring financial sustainability and accounting for changes in life expectancy. This implies that the value of …

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Reducing poverty and social disparities in Lithuania

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - 2020

Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across population groups with the elderly, people with...

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The Effects of Social Security Incentives on Retirement in Spain

García Gómez, Pilar; Garcia Mandico, Silvia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

decisions over the last two decades in Spain. We use administrative data on earnings histories to create synthetic measures of …

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The effect of non-contributory pensions on saving in Mexico

Alonso Ortiz, Jorge; Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Juarez, … - 2016

This paper examines the effects of non-contributory pension programs at the federal and state levels on Mexican households' saving patterns using micro data from the Mexican Income and Expenditure Survey. The federal program by itself appears to reduce the saving rate of households whose oldest...

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Modelling the tax burden on labour income in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa

Gandullia, Luca; Iacobone, Nicola; Thomas, Alastair - 2012

This paper examines the taxation of labour income in five key emerging economies: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa (the “BIICS” countries). The paper highlights the key features of the taxation of labour income in these countries, and then uses this information to model the...

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Trends in personal income tax and employee social security contribution schedules

Torres, Carolina; Mellbye, Kirsti; Brys, Bert - 2012

Policymakers cannot directly adjust the tax burden of labour income, but they can reform the statutory elements of the tax system, which ultimately determine average and marginal tax rates. To shed light on the determinants of average and marginal personal tax rates, this paper discusses...

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Shifting from social security contributions to consumption taxes : the impact on low-income earner work incentives

Thomas, Alastair; Picos, Fidel - 2012

This paper investigates the merits of increasing work incentives for low-income workers by shifting part of the tax burden from social security contributions (SSC) to consumption taxes (specifically VAT) in 13 European OECD countries. Simulation results based on household budget survey microdata...

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Increasing inclusiveness for women, youth and seniors in Canada

Barker, Andrew - 2018

the age of eligibility for public pensions to life expectancy would boost growth by increasing employment of older …

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Old-age provision : past, present, future

Albrecher, Hansjörg; Embrechts, Paul; Filipović, Damir; … - 2016

This is a summary of the main topics and findings from the Swiss Risk and Insurance Forum 2015. That event gathered experts from academia, insurance industry, regulatory bodies, and consulting companies to discuss the past and current developments and necessary next steps for dealing with...

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