Austria faces significant population aging. This will increase public spending on pensions, health care, and long … recent pension and labor market reforms. Consequently, to ensure long-term sustainability, pension reform must go further and …

This Selected Issues paper on Chile assesses the long-term outlook of Chile’s private pension system. The paper …

The present paper reviews key issues in pension design and pension reform encountered all across the world. The paper … heavily refers to the recent U.S. Social Security reform debate in general and to the Personal Retirement Accounts proposal in … retirement. …

moderate. The number of pensioners has risen in recent years, but this is mainly owing to early retirees taking advantage of … the generous disability and pension systems. The paper also examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland. …

it is generally successful in explaining bilateral financial flows. If the pension gap were to be financed through the …

), particularly for the low-income and older individuals. Using simulations of tax and social benefits and public pensions, the paper … shows how the current tax, welfare, and pension systems create disincentives to work among these groups. The paper finds … that incentives to retire early are strong for men, especially low-wage earners. The marginal effective tax rates also make …

This technical note for the Republic of Poland on competition and performance explains the Polish pension system and … small pension funds operating while imposing strict caps on fees. If the government decides to continue pursuing policy of …