The author examines the performance of the new private pension systems in Peru and Colombia during their first years of existence. Peru and Colombia were the second and third Latin American countries to implement a systemic reform of their pension systems. The reforms experienced difficulties in...

The authors provide a detailed study of the Swiss pension system, analyzing its strengths and weaknesses. The unfunded public pillar is highly redistributive. It has near universal coverage, a low dispersion of benefits (the maximum public pension is twice the minimum), and no ceiling on...

All of Zambia's pension schemes are deficient in design, financing, and administration. This report urges that Zambia restructure its social protection system to complement its new economic strategy. That restructuring must address such basic problems as macroeconomic fluctuations and an...

The authors discuss key choices policy makers face about China's pension system in the face of a rapidly aging population. They describe the problems the current pay-as-you-go system faces in the near and long term and simulate policy options for solving those problems. They find that simple...

This article examines recent pension reforms in OECD countries. All countries are facing the challenge of designing both financially and socially sustainable pension policies in a context of weak economic growth, low financial returns and ageing populations. In some cases, countries have been...

Neuere Untersuchungen zeigen, dass Lohnunterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern zunehmen. Friederike Maier, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, betont, dass nach Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamts im Vergleich von erwerbstätigen Männern und Frauen weiterhin eine große Lohnlücke...

Die Probleme der osteuropäischen Länder und der DDR beim Übergang zu marktwirtschaftlichen Systemen waren das Thema eines wissenschaftlichen Kolloqiums am 5./6. April 1990. Der Aufsatz bringt eine Zusammenfassung der folgenden Beiträge: Staatsminister August Lang sprach zu wirtschaftlichen...