The National Forum for Social Security (FNPS) was the main happening occurred in 2007 for people interested on this subject. Long term forecasts for the General Regime of Social Security (RGPS), produced by the Secretariat for Social Security Policies (SPS/MPS), were strongly debated during the...

The aim of this paper is to point out reforms on the payroll of pensioners and survivors which are possible to be implemented by states, municipalities and the Federal District. All proposals are entirely consistent with that established by the Constitution and by federal laws. In that sense,...

This article focuses on current aspects of the public servants` pension system in Brazil, dialoguing with the legislative proposal (PL no 1.992/2007) which aims to introduce a complementary pillar in the civil servants pension system. The proposal is been considered in Congress and will allow...

Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary transfers to and from the Brazilian State. Among the transfers from the State are wages of public workers, pensions and social assistance; the transfers to the State are direct taxes....

This paper analyses the regulation on public pensions created by the Law 9.717/1998 and the Constitutional Amendment 20/1998 and the current reality on public pension's regulation. It has been verified that public pensions demand a management that should be efficient, transparent, and democratic...

The study examines a particular set of institutional determinants of inequality, the public pensions. It tests the hypothesis that different rules regarding a maximum limit for the value of benefits in the pension subsystem of public and private sector workers makes the system as a whole...

In a slow process marked by authoritarian moments, regressive effects, bureaucratic insulation, centralized arrangements and cronyism, since the 1930s Brazil has been building its Welfare State. In the wake of struggles and political clashes for ensuring rights and reviving democracy, the...

Brazil is one of thirteen countries in the world whose social insurance system offers a pension based solely upon length of contribution, with no age requirement. This kind of benefit allows contributors to have access to pensions at relatively young ages (here defined as before 60 years old for...

The objectives of this paper are i) to assess the recent changes in the "actuarial factor" and their distributive and financial impacts in the short and long term. The actuarial factor was created in 1999 to adjust the individual benefit level according to age, time of contribution and life...