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Is Latin America retreating from individual retirement accounts?
Bertranou, Fabio; Calvo, Esteban; Bertranou, Evelina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
away from individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Although the idea is provocative, we conclude that the notion of “moving …
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Pension reform and income inequality among the elderly in 15 European countries
Van Vliet, Olaf; Been, Jim; Caminada, Koen; Goudswaard, Kees - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The ageing of populations and hampering economic growth increase pressure on public fi-nances in many advanced capitalist societies. Consequently, governments have adopted pen-sion reforms in order to relieve pressure on public finances. These reforms have contributed to a relative shift from...
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Pensions at a glance: public policies across OECD countries
Whitehouse, Edward; Queisser, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This second edition of Pensions at a Glance updates all the important indicators of retirement-income systems developed …’ pension regimes. The report starts by showing the different schemes that together make up national retirement income provision … debates. Finally, the report provides detailed background information on each of the 30 countries’ retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061685
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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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Old age pensions in Mexico: Toward universal coverage
Willmore, Larry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper chronicles the rise of social pensions in Mexico. First it summarizes the pension system prior to introduction of social pensions. Next it describes how Mexico City, the federal government, and seventeen of Mexico’s 31 states initiated social pensions, a policy supported eventually...
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Old-Age Pension Reform and Modernization Pathways: Lessons for China from Latin America
Calvo, Esteban; Williamson, John B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
While numerous Western countries first experienced cultural rationalization, next economic modernization, and then faced the challenges of population aging and pension policy reform, both Latin America and China, in contrast, are dealing with these challenges in the context of much less...
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Beyond the privatization and re-nationalisation of the Argentine pension system: coverage, fragmentation, and sustainability
Bertranou, Fabio; Cetrángolo, Oscar; Grushka, Oscar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In the last decades, the pension system in Argentina has experienced important changes that included the introduction of an individual account defined-contribution component (or individual capitalisation) in 1994 and its subsequent reversal to a defined benefit pay-as-you-go pension scheme in...
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Evaluating the possible impact of pension reforms on future living standards in Europe
Grech, Aaron George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
just those at the point of retirement, this approach can provide additional insights on the efficacy of pension systems in … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative … lengthening of the time spent in receipt of retirement benefits. The consumption smoothing function of state pensions has declined …
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Social security and retirement across the OECD
Alonso-Ortiz, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Employment to population ratios differ markedly across OECD coun- tries, especially for people over 55. Social security … tests. I conjecture that differences in social security features explain many differences in employment to population ratios … at older ages. I assess my conjecture quantitatively with a life cycle general equilibrium model of retirement. At ages …
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Social security and retirement across OECD countries
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
There are large differences in the employment to population ratio relative to the US across OECD countries, and these … observations suggest that they might be an important contributing factor in accounting for differences in retirement. I assess … quantitatively the importance of these features using a life cycle general equilibrium model of retirement. I find that the …
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