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Reducing poverty and social disparities in Lithuania
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - 2020
Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across population groups with the elderly, people with...
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Objectives and challenges in the implementation of a universal pension system in France
Boulhol, Hervé - 2019
-as-you-go system while ensuring financial sustainability and accounting for changes in life expectancy. This implies that the value of …
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Fiscal challenges and inclusive growth in ageing societies
Rouzet, Dorothée; Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Renault, … - 2019
generations and the sustainability of public finances. Rising old-age dependency ratios will put the financing of adequate … pensions, health and long-term care under high pressure. The paper provides recommendations on policy responses to address … pensions, incentivising private savings, enhancing the efficiency of health care provision, expanding the coverage of social …
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Reforming the pension system to increase coverage and equity in Colombia
De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2015
Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in Latin America. The high level of informality in the labour market and many characteristics of the pension system leave many elderly in poverty. Only formal-sector employees earning more than the relatively high minimum wage are covered. Linking...
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The economic consequences of an ageing population in Slovenia
Walkenhorst, Peter; Sila, Urban - 2015
the year 2030. Ensuring debt sustainability and generational equity requires reforms of social support systems and … for long-term care would enhance the sustainability of the system. Moreover, removing incentives for early retirement in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399558
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Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in Indonesia
Vujanovic, Petar - 2015
Indonesia has a very good record of poverty reduction, having halved its incidence over the past two decades. Nevertheless, almost 30 million people still live below the national poverty line, mostly in rural areas and in certain provinces. In order to make further progress in lifting these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399569
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The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in France
Égert, Balázs - 2013
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...
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Work incentives and universal credit : reform of the benefit system in the United Kingdom
Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2013
Under the Universal Credit reform, the main means-tested benefits except the Council Tax Benefit will be pooled into one single benefit with one single taper rate. The reform will give people better incentives to work, reduce complexity and contribute to reducing poverty. The reform could reduce...
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The redistributive impact of taxes and transfers
Joumard, Isabelle; Londoño Vélez, Juliana - 2013
small and dominated by non-redistributive schemes such as contributory pensions. Education coverage has increased steadily …
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Ensuring debt sustainability amid strong economic uncertainty in Hungary
Beynet, Pierre; Kierzenkowski, Rafał - 2012
-increasing measures, should help restore fiscal adjustment in 2012 and 2013. However, ensuring the sustainability of Hungarian public debt …
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