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Pension Reform Options for Russia and Ukraine: A Critical Analysis of Available Options and Their Expected Outcomes
Gora, Marek; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr; Sinyavskaya, Oksana - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2010
This paper provides the results of analyses of key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine. The pension systems and their reforms in both countries are compared. They are also compared with the general picture observed in the OECD or selected countries...
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Population ageing, labour markets and the outlook for public finances
Kinnunen, Helvi - EconWPA - 2004
Keeping public finances on a sustainable foundation while the population ages is clearly a problem in Finland, as in many other western countries. The shrinking of the working-age population, ageing of the labour force, and growth in the number of very old persons form a difficult combination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412491
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Population ageing, labour markets and the outlook for public finances
Kinnunen, Helvi - Suomen Pankki - 2002
Keeping public finances on a sustainable foundation while the population ages is clearly a problem in Finland, as in many other western countries. The shrinking of the working-age population, ageing of the labour force, and growth in the number of very old persons form a difficult combination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649004
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Die Finanzierungslücke der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Deutschland – Eine Simulationsstudie zu Lösungsmöglichkeiten
Bollacke, Steffen - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 2, pp. 128-159
Population aging challenges pay-as-you-go pension systems. Solving the associated funding problem constantly motivates … increasing financial burden of national finances. To ensure sustainable funding of pensions, the calculation formula of the …, which are not optimally used regarding the funding of public pensions. Simulations show that a variable demographic factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010892214
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Back to Bismarck? Shifting Preferences for Intragenerational Redistribution in OECD Pension Systems
Krieger, Tim; Traub, Stefan - Department Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich für … - 2008
Using a sample of 20 OECD countries it is shown that the majority of countries decreased the level of intragenerational redistribution in the first pillar of their pension systems, though the evidence is weak in statistical terms. We find strong correlations between changes of the so-called...
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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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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand
Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
As its workforce ages and major economies shift towards producing higher value-added goods and services, New Zealand will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need to come increasingly from productivity gains, and...
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Productive Employment and Empowering Education: An Agenda for India’s Youth
Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
Until very recently and despite human capital’s pre-eminent and empirically established contribution to economic growth, Indian policymakers planning for economic development concentrated largely on issues of capital, labour and, to a lesser extent, technology. This paper argues that India’s...
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Pension, Fertility, and Education
Meier, Volker; Wrede, Matthias - CESifo - 2005
A pay-as-you-go pension scheme is associated with positive externalities of having children and providing them with human capital. In a framework with heterogeneity in productivity, and stochastic and endogenous investment in fertility and education, we discuss internalization policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766193
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La demografia dell’Italia e delle Regioni italiane. Uno sguardo alle proiezioni a medio-lungo termine
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The demographic database of Istat (www.istat.it)is explored and the main facts are extracted and described, both at the aggregate national level as well as at the regional one. This paper is completely self-standing but, at the same time, poses the basis for a more general analysis that will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259816