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Pension and Social Security Schemes in Pakistan : Some Policy Options
Mahmood, Naushin; Nasir, Zafar Mueen - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and … that emphasises the need to implement reforms of public pensions and programmes of social protection. Efficient deployment … of resources and improvement of the governance structure are needed for effective welfare of the eligible sub-group of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363326
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The Role of Macroeconomic Policy in Rebalancing Growth
Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
insurance, unemployment insurance and pensions, as well as investment in education, are seen as key ways to reduce household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278107
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The Role of Macroeconomic Policy in Rebalancing Growth
Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
insurance, unemployment insurance and pensions, as well as investment in education, are seen as key ways to reduce household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278160
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The Role of Macroeconomic Policy in Rebalancing Growth
Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
insurance, unemployment insurance and pensions, as well as investment in education, are seen as key ways to reduce household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278217
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A Study on Financial Deficit and Declining Birthrate â۠From the Viewpoint of “Children as a Social Security Revenue Sourceâ€Â
Oguro, Kazumasa; Yuyama, Shoichiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
With a declining birthrate and an aging population, Japan is increasingly finding itself in deeper financial difficulties. Recognizing these conditions, the government is now examining a framework for maintaining fiscal sustainability, mainly at the Council of Economic and Fiscal Policy. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363524
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Can Social Security Boost Domestic Consumption in the People’s Republic of China?
Dewen, Wang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper reviews the development of the social security system and trends in the urban labor market in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and improve its social security system and provide basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363743
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Insecurities of the old and marginalized : Inflation, Oil Shocks, Financial Crisis and Social Security
Goyal, Ashima - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The paper examines the impact of recent inflation and financial shocks on the vulnerable, and explores policy design to reduce both future shocks and vulnerability to shocks. Inflation affects the typical savings cum pension portfolio and the specific consumption basket of the old, as prices of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363830
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Public Policy Towards the Elderly in Indonesia : Current Policy and Future Directions
Arifianto, Alex - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
In the past few years, public policy towards the elderly has become an emerging policy issue for Indonesia. With one-third of all Indonesians predicted to be elderly (i.e. aged 60 years or older) in the year 2050, millions of citizens are vulnerable to old age poverty, since many of them will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363955
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The More Kids, The Less Mom’s Divvy : Impact of Childbirth on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation
Fujii, Tomoki; Isikawa, Ryuichiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
We investigate how childbirth affects intrahousehold resource allocation for married Japanese couples. We develop reduced-form and structural-form specifications from a unified theoretical framework. Under a weak set of assumptions, we can focus on private goods to track the changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363738
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A New Model for Constructing Poverty Lines
Kakwani, Nanak - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In this paper, we present a new model for constructing poverty lines. The model uses consumer theory to construct both food and non-food poverty thresholds. Although one cannot completely eliminate the value judgments inherent in the construction of poverty thresholds, this model helps to make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365196