-run elasticity of annuity rates to the risk-free rate in 2001. Moreover, this structural break coincided with the submission of a new …

the risk-free interest rate, the share of privately-issued higher yield securities in the portfolio of providers as a … proxy for the spread over the risk-free rate, the leverage of providers, the level of broker's commissions, the market share …

Pension, to most people, implies a regular payment from a specific age-such as retirement-until death. Individual … retirement accounts are a vehicle for retirement savings but they do not become a pension in the conventional sense of the word … expectancy is normally uncertain. So people would have to spend accumulated wealth slowly after retirement to ensure an adequate …

The issue of the retirement age is fundamentally linked to policies on social protection. It is an issue that … law in Vietnam, several options were presented for changing the retirement age of women. However, the National Assembly …'s retirement age in Vietnam to serve as a basis for further consultation and policy dialogue with the Government. …

This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries …, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to … between early retirement and incentives in the pension system, a result confirmed by other international studies and by more …