La Reforma Previsional recientemente aprobada introduce una serie de medidas que aumentan la competitividad con que opera la industria de AFP. Este artículo resume el análisis realizado en la elaboración y diseño de tales medidas, partiendo por un diagnóstico acabado del nivel de...

Como parte de la reforma previsional aprobada recientemente en Chile, el gobierno introdujo un mecanismo centralizado de subasta para el Seguro de Invalidez y Sobrevivencia (SIS) que cubre parte importante de los más de 8 millones de participantes en el sistema privado de pensiones...

As part of the pension reform recently approved in Chile, the government introduced a centralized auction mechanism to provide the Disability and Survivors (D&S) Insurance that covers recent contributors among the more than 8 million participants in the mandatory private pension system. This...

All over the world, retirement income is increasingly depending on an individual’s savings choices over their lifetime. To assess if individuals are saving enough for their old age at least three questions are relevant: Do they know how much saving is necessary to achieve a desired living...

Individual unemployment accounts (IUAs) attenuate the moral hazard attached to unemployment insurance. However, the available literature provides no policy recommendation about what percentage of the contributions should go to IUAs. We propose criteria of actuarial neutrality and use a simple...

This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program. This is a unique, innovative program that combines social insurance through a solidarity fund (SF) with self-insurance in the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts...

Individual unemployment accounts (IUAs) attenuate the moral hazard attached to unemployment insurance. However, the available literature provides no policy recommendation about what percentage of the contributions should go to IUAs. We propose criteria of actuarial neutrality and use a simple...