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Pension reforms have been high on the political agenda in many developed countries over recent years and pension issues have been discussed intensely in the public as a result. In recent years, much effort has been devoted to make state, public and private pension systems fiscally more...
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the world. The authors begin by looking at high-income democracies in which governments have, to a large degree, taken … sorts of ingenious ways.The authors reject the World Bank blueprint of formal, structured pension systems. They suggest …, government failure around the world has had catastrophic effects.2008, Readings 63, ISBN 978 0 255 36602 1, 311pp, PB …
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German Abstract Die Corona-Pandemie 2020 wird ähnlich wie die Finanzkrise 2008 auch deutliche Spuren in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung hinterlassen. Diese treten aufgrund der Rentenanpassungsformel mit 1 bis 2 Jahren Verzögerung ein und sind stark asymmetrisch zugunsten der...
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Chile implemented large pension withdrawals during the pandemic relative to other countries. Afterwards, Chile increased non-contributory benefits in a quasi-universal scheme. Simulating the future pensions, I show that the average loss in contributory pension income is 27.9%, with losses of...
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This paper examines the implicit subsidies within pension systems across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. We first calculate the theoretical benefits of pension for hypothetical workers in 25 countries in LAC. We show that, on average, LAC's pension systems are subsidized, as they...
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that the real world experiences are in line with what could be expected theoretically and argues that regardless of whether …
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A major shift is projected in the demographic structure of the population, leading, among other things, to serious financing problems for the nation's public pension and health financing systems. This brief explores the demographic and economic assumptions that underlie the current Social...
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We compare two policies of increasing British state pension provision: (a) increase the pensionable age of men and women, (b) maintain the existing retirement age but require older workers to work longer per-period hours. There are reasons for policy makers to give serious consideration to the...
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This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a...
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This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472034