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Exploring options for a universal old age pension in Tanzania Mainland
Twahir M. Khalfan; Kisanga, Elineema; Leyaro, Vincent; … - 2020
data set from Tanzania-the Household Budget Surveys-and applies a taxbenefit microsimulation model for Tanzania (TAZMOD) to … established in Tanzania Mainland, and a lack of adequate financing is viewed as one of the main constraints. This paper employs a … explore possible options for designing and financing a universal old age pension in Tanzania Mainland. The findings of this …
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Early retirement provision for elderly displaced workers
Kruse, Herman; Myhre, Andreas - 2022
This paper studies the economic effects on re-employment and program substitution behavior among elderly displaced workers who exogenously lose eligibility for their early retirement option. We use detailed Norwegian matched employer-employee data containing information on bankruptcy dates and...
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Social Security Reform : A Budget Neutral Approach to Reducing Older Women's Disproportional Risk of Poverty
Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2011
Perhaps the single greatest achievement of social policy in the United States over the last three decades has been reducing poverty in old age. The transition from work to retirement is no longer economically perilous for the vast majority of older American workers. For most married couples, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125970
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Social Security Reform : Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women
Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2011
This policy brief is designed to raise awareness of the current and future economic circumstances of older women, and the ways in which Social Security reform can help alleviate their unmet needs. It considers the gaps in benefit adequacy and economic security that are not addressed by current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125991
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The expansion of economic protection for older adults in Latin America : key design features of non-contributory pensions
Arza, Camila - 2017
Over the past two decades, many Latin American countries have expanded the economic protection of older adults by developing non-contributory pensions or making eligibility rules more flexible. These policies have addressed long-standing coverage gaps in Latin American pension systems and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599341
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Social protection for working-age women in Tanzania : exploring past policy trajectories and simulating future paths
Lambin, Roosa; Nyyssölä, Milla; Bernigaud, Alexis - 2022
Tanzania has expanded its social protection framework significantly over the past decade, but the country continues to … grapple with important gender inequalities. This paper examines, first, the evolution and effects of Tanzania's social … in Tanzania. …
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Ideational and institutional drivers of social protection in Tanzania
Ulriksen, Marianne S. - 2016
In the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government … Tanzania's development challenges and possible responses thereto. Thus, ideas play an important role in policy development … introduction of the pension fits poorly with dominant views on development and poverty reduction in Tanzania and is more likely to …
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced microdata from the German pension insurance. A microsimulation model is developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824262
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Die Verteilungswirkungen der Mütterrente
Bach, Stefan; Buslei, Hermann; Coppola, Michela; Haan, Peter - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 81 (2014) 20, pp. 447-456
Die geplante Mütterrente wird bis 2018 den Rentenbeitragssatz um durchschnittlich 0,3 Prozentpunkte erhöhen und das Bruttorentenniveau um durchschnittlich 0,4 Prozentpunkte reduzieren. Da ab 2019 der Bundeszuschuss schrittweise erhöht werden soll, werden die längerfristigen Wirkungen auf...
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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - 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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