É consenso que o problema do crescente déficit previdenciário é um dos entraves ao crescimento sustentado do país. Nesse sentido, modificações em nosso sistema têm sido debatidas e podem ir desde a eliminação da diferença de idade entre homens e mulheres para a concessão do...

Social security programs generally seek to provide insurance and to reduce poverty and inequality. Providing insurance requires little redistribution. But reducing inequality and alleviating poverty do require redistribution. To reduce inequality, programs must redistribute income, but...

This paper examines the distributional impacts of the changes to benefits, tax credits, pensions and direct taxes between the UK Elections in May 2010 and in May 2015. It also looks ahead to the longer-term effects of changes and plans that were announced by the 2010-2015 Coalition government,...