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Pension reforms and adverse demographics : the case of the Czech Republic
Stepanek, Martin - 2017
Unsustainability of pension systems particularly in developed economies looms large on the horizon due to increasing life expectancy and continuous drop in fertility. In spite of a broad awareness of the issues, there is no consensus on appropriate remedy and little action. In this paper, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716622
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Quantile treatment effects of Riester participation on wealth
Ihle, Dorothee - 2017
In numerous industrialized countries the demographic change erodes the financial basis of traditional pay-as-you-go pension systems. To compensate for decreasing statutory pensions, many governments incentivize private saving by means of subsidized retirement plans. In this context, Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695521
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Ein Grundeinkommen für Kinder
Breuer, Christian - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 98 (2018) 7, pp. 481-488
Kinder sind in Deutschland überproportional von Armut bedroht und Familien sind trotz der guten wirtschaftlichen Lage zunehmend auf Leistungen des SGB II angewiesen. Die Bundesregierung möchte den Kinderzuschlag zu einer Grundsicherung ausbauen und den Transferentzug bei Hinzuverdienst...
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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy
Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019
This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and the EUROMOD microsimulation models, it shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202861
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Quantile treatment effects of Riester participation on wealth
Ihle, Dorothee - 2017
In numerous industrialized countries the demographic change erodes the financial basis of traditional pay-as-you-go pension systems. To compensate for decreasing statutory pensions, many governments incentivize private saving by meansof subsidized retirement plans. In this context, Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011791713
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Wage effects of employer : mediated transfers
Garriga, Santiago; Tortarolo, Dario - 2021
reform in Argentina that shifted the disbursement responsibility of child benefits from employers to a government agency in a …. Our evidence suggests that employers capture about 6-14 percent of the transfers through lower wages when they mediate the … and employers exploited this confusion to extract rents. Our findings therefore accord with the hypothesis that transfers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597138
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Increasing social insurance coverage in Viet Nam's SMEs
Castel, Paulette; Pick, Alexander - 2018
Viet Nam has made significant progress in expanding social insurance coverage in recent years. However, coverage amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains very low and very few workers in this sector are expected to receive a pension in retirement. Drawing on two datasets for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011975849
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What is the Role of Social Pensions in Asia?
Barrientos, Armando - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in old age. There is growing interest among policymakers in the potential role of noncontributory transfers as an instrument to address a variety of policy challenges, including old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277969
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What is the Role of Social Pensions in Asia?
Barrientos, Armando - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in old age. There is growing interest among policymakers in the potential role of noncontributory transfers as an instrument to address a variety of policy challenges, including old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278148
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What is the Role of Social Pensions in Asia?
Barrientos, Armando - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in old age. There is growing interest among policymakers in the potential role of noncontributory transfers as an instrument to address a variety of policy challenges, including old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278246