contribution scheme. In particular we examine the relationship between retirement, fertility and pensions in a three …-period overlapping generations model. We focus on both the case of mandatory retirement and the case where the retirement age is freely … chosen. In the case of mandatory retirement, increasing longevity has an unambiguously negative impact on fertility and …

This paper studies retirement and child support policies in a small, open, overlapping-generations economy with PAYG … social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … the retirement age. Finally, the model is simulated in order to study whether the policies devoted to realizing the social …

dependency, identifiable by region and demographic. Using a flow analysis (inflow and outflow) of poverty, rather than a stock … analysis, we explain why poverty is more appropriately understood as a dynamic, with the majority of people flowing in and out … of poverty for short durations. Distinguishing between structural and transitory poverty gives rise to a focus on the …

extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

-work poverty, and retirement and old-age pensions. After that we discuss social spending on other than cash transfers: the labour … recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the …

Given the prevalence of informal labor, most countries have combined contributory social insurance programs (pensions … equity, and reduce labor market distortions. We illustrate this type of integration with the case of old-age pensions which …

retirement age is significantly increased. This effect may end up jeopardizing the political sustainability of these NDC systems …