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 …

retirement savings--most of it mandated by government. Government employees and private school teachers are obliged to … the partially funded National Pension Scheme (NPS). Employers must provide retirement allowances, a retirement cum … based on clear targets for the level of mandated retirement income or sustainable payroll tax burdens. They currently pay …

Civil Servants Retirement Organization, the two main pension funds. Occupational funds and non- contributory regimes are … Servants Retirement Organization. Section 5 concentrates on the tax treatment o f retirement savings. Section 6 proposes a …

case of the private sector) replacement income for working people, and no regulatory protection for voluntary retirement … standards at retirement, while the lack of a regulatory environment for private savings, discourages maintaining private savings …

emphasizing the role of privately-managed individual retirement accounts. Their experience offers a number of useful lessons for …

hoc interventions; attempting to further increase effective retirement age by reviewing early retirement rules and … eliminating gender differences in retirement ages. A continued slow increase of retirement ages for both genders should also be …