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This paper analyzes the reform of the pensionable age as an answer to the future financing problems of public pension systems. We use a two-staged model where, first, the government decides the redistribution level of the pension system and, secondly, individuals face a voting process on the...
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This paper quantifies the effect of Poland’s 1999 pension reform on the inequality of future pension benefits. The reform increases inequality, both in the upper and in the lower parts of the distribution. The estimates, based on the 2012 Polish Household Budget Survey, show that the Gini...
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This paper quantifies the effect of Poland's 1999 pension reform on the inequality of future pension benefits. The reform increases inequality, both in the upper and lower parts of the distribution. The estimates, based on the 2012 Polish Household Budget Survey, show that the Gini coefficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014328830
extent to which these schemes serve to reduce the risk of poverty among elderly. The main findings show that there is a … strong correlation between the resources allocated to the minimum pension schemes and the reduction in poverty risk among the …. On the one hand, they are more effective in reducing elderly poverty rates. On the other hand, they fail to ensure a …
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. In particular, we quantify the extent to which these schemes contribute to alleviate elderly poverty across Europe …, they are more effective in reducing elderly poverty rates. On the other hand, they fail to ensure a level of financial well …
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Proponents of a basic income (BI) claim that it could bring significant reductions in financial poverty, on top of many … comparative two-country setting, we show that the potential poverty-reducing impact of BI strongly depends on exactly how and …-economic context in which it is introduced. Some versions of BI could potentially help to reduce poverty but always at a significant …
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the least as an ironclad protection against poverty, if set high enough. It is hard to know with any certainty what a …-)simulation modelling are very encouraging. The estimated first-round effects on poverty are for the most part disappointing, especially in …
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the effects of four UBI schemes on poverty and inequality measures during normal times and times of crisis in Uganda and … benefit leads to higher poverty and inequality compared to existing benefits. By contrast, in Uganda, a country with only one … notable social protection programme, all UBI scenarios reduce poverty and inequality. Differences between welfare estimates …
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Proponents of a basic income (BI) claim that it could bring significant reductions in financial poverty, on top of many … comparative two-country setting, we show that the potential poverty-reducing impact of BI strongly depends on exactly how and …-economic context in which it is introduced. Some versions of BI could potentially help to reduce poverty but always at a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487711
This study uses data from the Singapore Life Panel to investigate the effects of age-related policy reforms on older adult labor supply behaviors in Singapore. We first evaluate the impact of the Retirement and Re-employment Act (RRA) reform in 2017, which raised the maximum re-employment age...
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