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Redistribution and Insurance in Welfare States around the World

Bartels, Charlotte - 2018

particular, public pensions, that smooth incomes over the life-cycle and are funded by high taxes, play an increasingly important …

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Cohort-Specific Measures of Lifetime Social Security Taxes and Benefits

Leimer, Dean - 2008

. The estimates presented in this study incorporate a comprehensive accounting of all OASI taxes and benefits and blend … historical administrative data with tax and benefit projections. Projected taxes and benefits are consistent with the detailed … transfers to early cohorts. This paper - describes the methods used in this analysis to develop program and cohort outcomes …

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Safety Nets for the Poor : A Missing International Dimension?

Reddy, Sanjay G. - 2006

Poor persons in poor countries are greatly exposed to the risk of adverse shocks, many of international origin, which can create long-lasting damage to individual well-being. There is a strong moral and prudential case for taking measures which reduce the extent to which such shocks arise and...

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Towards Universal Social Protection. Latin American Pathways and Policy Tools

Cecchini, Simone; Filgueira, Fernando; Martínez, Rodrigo; … - 2015

This book reflects on the public policies, programmes and regulatory frameworks that are taking a rights-based approach to expanding social protection coverage and benefits in Latin America, with a view to achieving universal coverage. The book’s discussion of the policy tools and programmes...

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Inclusive Social Protection in Latin America : A Comprehensive, Rights-Based Approach

Cecchini, Simone - 2012

Social protection has become one of the pillars of social development strategies. But, lacking a consistent standard for social protection, the issue has been approached in different ways and from different analytical and policy dimensions. This document examines the principal ongoing...

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The Rising Cost of Social Security Disability Insurance

DeHaven, Tad - 2013

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is one of the largest federal programs, and it is one of the most troubled. The program's expenditures have doubled over the last decade, reaching an estimated $144 billion this year. Spending has risen so rapidly that SSDI's trust fund is projected to...

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Welfare Schemes and Social Protection in India

Jha, Raghbendra - 2013

This paper provides a broad overview of welfare schemes in India and their impact on social protection during a period of high economic growth. It summarizes India's performance with respect to select economic and social indicators relative to select low and middle income countries in the Asia...

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Will Your Social Insurance Pay Off? Making Social Security Progressivity Work for Low-Income Retirees

Biggs, Andrew G. - 2009

Although the Social Security program is progressive - meaning that the replacement rate of preretirement earnings offered by Social Security tends to rise as lifetime earnings decline - this relationship is erratic. While individuals with lower lifetime earnings receive better treatment on...

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Safety Nets and Social Welfare Expenditures in World Economic History

Fishback, Price Van Meter - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

taxes on workers and employers. Meanwhile, noncontributory transfer programs for the poor have risen relatively little. In … most countries, the employer's share of payroll taxes are higher than the worker's share. There are some major countries …

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Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Myanmar

Niño‐Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2021

In 2014, prior to the political transition of 2015 towards democracy, the government published the Myanmar National Social Protection Strategic Plan with the aim of supporting socio-economic development, and strengthening the resilience of vulnerable people against shocks and life cycle...

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