Introduction: towards a political economy of social policy -- The historical origins of welfare systems, 1945-80 -- Social policy in Latin America, East Asia and Eastern Europe, 1945-1980: an overview -- The expansion of welfare commitments in Latin America, 1945-80 -- The evolution of social...

Introducing individual retirement accounts has a positive incentive effect that increases the share of the economically active population contributing to the reformed pension system. But this effect occurs only gradually as employers and workers become familiar with the new set of social...