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Coverage of Private Pension Systems: Evidence and Policy Options
Antolin, Pablo; Payet, Stéphanie; Yermo, Juan - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2012
shows, the coverage of funded private pensions, as measured by enrolment rates, is highly uneven across countries and … pension benefits, funded private provision remains voluntary. The low level of funded pensions’ coverage in such countries … financial incentives (and auto enrolment in New Zealand) have been effective in raising coverage to the highest levels among …
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Identification and Assessment of Publicly Available Data Sources to Calculate Indicators of Private Pensions
Payet, Stéphanie - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2012
the extent to which private pension provision contributes to the adequacy of pensions are the level of coverage that … benefits paid to retirees. This paper provides the assessment of data sets available to estimate pension coverage …
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Die Deutschlandrente: Wirksamkeit und Legitimität eines Nudges
Knabe, Andreas; Weimann, Joachim - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2018) 2, pp. 33-46
Der demografische Wandel wird die umlagefinanzierte gesetzliche Rentenversicherung in den kommenden Jahrzehnten stark belasten. Bisherige Rentenreformen zielten daher darauf ab, durch steuerliche Förderung die zusätzliche kapitalgedeckte Altersvorsorge zu stärken. Diese Möglichkeit wird aber...
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Generational accounting, solidarity and pension losses
Teulings, Coen N.; Vries, Casper G. de - 2003
The stock market collapse led to political tensions between generations due to the fuzzy definition of the property rights over the pension funds’ wealth. The problem is best resolved by the introduction of generational accounts. Modern consumption and portfolio theory shows that the younger...
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Governance of Italian Pension Funds : Problems and Solutions
Giorgiantonio, Cristina - 2010
In this paper we investigate the governance structure of Italian pensions funds. First, we conduct a brief but critical review of the theoretical and empirical literature, in order to identify the areas where major improvements are necessary: a) the skills and competence of the trustees; b) the...
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DC Pension Fund Best-practice Design and Governance
Clark, Gordon L. - 2010
The design and governance of pension funds is an important topic of academic research and public policy and has significant implications for the welfare of participants. Here we focus upon the design and governance of defined contribution (DC) pension plans which have become the de facto model...
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Funding in Public Sector Pension Plans : International Evidence
Ponds, Eduard H.M. - 2011
Most countries have separate pension plan for public sector employees. The future fiscal burden of these plans can be substantial as the government usually is the largest employer, pension promises in the public sector tend to be relatively generous, and future payments have to be paid out...
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Funding in Public Sector Pension Plans : International Evidence
Ponds, Eduard H.M. - 2011
Most countries have separate pension plan for public sector employees. The future fiscal burden of these plans can be substantial as the government usually is the largest employer, pension promises in the public sector tend to be relatively generous, and future payments have to be paid out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124771
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Reformed Pensions Systems in Central and Eastern Europe : Challenges to Future Safe Pension Benefits
Lazarevski, Dimche - 2012
The objective of this paper is to examine and analyze empirically whether the Central and Eastern Europe countries` reformed pension systems are providing adequate and safe pensions. Starting in 1990s, most Central and Eastern European countries radically reformed their pension systems. The...
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