Pensions
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- Extending the South African pension scheme to cover all of the elderly population
- ( Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa , 2008)
- The government of South Africa is undertaking retirement reform initiatives to establish a comprehensive social security system. The potential components of the system are a universal noncontributory ...
- Living long enough to be counted - poverty levels in Indian households
- ( S. Pal;R. Palacios / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Cash transfers to the poor elderly as social pensions are one of the most important anti-poverty programmes operating in India today. In 2007, the Government of India announced that changes to eligibi...
- Ways to improve the supervision of private pension systems
- ( International Organisation of Pension Supervisors , 2007)
- This series of four working papers highlights a range of challenges to be met in the development of national pension supervisory systems....
- Credit crunch Baby Boomers are robbing Peter to pay Paul
- ( House Financial Services Committee (U.S Government) , 2007)
- This is a transcript of a U.S. House of Representatives hearing that focused on credit card issues facing older consumers, causing rising levels of personal debt, especially among fixed-income older A...
- Chilean disability benefits system offers lessons for other countries
- ( E. James;A. Iglesias;A. Cox Edwards / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank , 2008)
- Social security systems in many countries face problems of high and escalating disability costs. The disability insurance system in Chile is less well-known than the old age pension system, but it is ...
- The official poverty measure in the United States fails to reflect modern day spending needs
- ( B.A. Butrica;D. Murphy;S.R. Zedlewski / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College , 2007)
- The dramatic decline in the official poverty rate of adults age 65 and older over the last four decades in the United States leads many to assume that reducing poverty among older adults need not be a...
- European governments consider reforms to ensure sustainability of public pension systems
- ( C. Nickel;P. Rother;A. Theophilopoulou / European Central Bank , 2008)
- This paper addresses the issue of pension reforms under demographic changes that are likely to occur in Europe over the next 50 years. This demographic change is characterised not only by lower popula...
- Improving protection of the social, economic and political rights of the elderly poor in Pakistan
- ( N. Mahmood;Z.M. Nasir / Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan , 2008)
- Currently in Pakistan the provision of regular pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and private sectors cover a s...
- Social security for immigrants in the US
- ( P. Sevak;L. Schmidt / University of Michigan Retirement Research Center , 2007)
- This paper examines the retirement resources available to immigrant families in the US by examining Social Security benefits, pension coverage, and private wealth accumulation. The authors argue that ...
- The difference between private and public employer-sponsored pension plans in the United States
- ( A.H. Munnell;M. Soto / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College , 2007)
- This brief identifies the key differences between employer-sponsored plans in the private and public sectors, including:...
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