. Social benefits other than social transfers in kind may be further broken down into two key components: pensions benefits and … non-pensions benefits. The latter consists of cash transfers made by government or by non-profit institutions serving …

Pension spending is defined as all cash expenditures (including lump-sum payments) on old-age and survivors pensions … retirement pensions: pensions paid before the beneficiary has reached the 'standard' pensionable age relevant to the programme …. It excludes programmes concerning early retirement for labour market reasons. Old-age pensions includes supplements for …