average, LAC's pension systems are subsidized, as they provide pensions above what workers would have obtained by investing … replacement rates (pensions relative to earnings) for low-income workers. Despite this progressivity, in some countries, absolute … much more progressive, but still, because low-income workers do not qualify for minimum pensions, between 50-60% of …

to address a variety of policy challenges, including old age poverty and vulnerability, rapid population ageing, the … systems. The main objective of this paper is to explore the potential role of social pensions and other noncontributory … providing income security in old age, including social pensions. It also examines the welfare effects of adopting alternative …

old age. The main objective of this paper is to explore the potential role of social pensions and other noncontributory … providing income security in old age, including social pensions. It also examines the welfare effects of adopting alternative … pensions, and the integration of noncontributory transfers within advanced contributory pension schemes …

The sixth annual World Pensions Forum was held on 23-24 February 2017 at the Queen's House in the Royal Borough of …

over the function of providing pensions. They find that state provision crowds out private provision and places a … that are imposed on the private sector and which make pensions incomprehensible. Furthermore, as the authors show, the … ageing populations may make meaningful reform of government pensions programmes impossible, as 'grey' electors flex their …

pensions in the UK by discussing how pension systems outside the UK have been affected by the economic and financial crisis … in the case of pay-as-you-go state pensions and defined-benefit occupational pensions, theory would suggest that the … countries in the realm of pensions since the onset of the crisis in the second half of 2007. These countries have been chosen as …