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    Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe (CSESCE)

    An academic research institute, the Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe forms a focal point for research concerned with the implications of globalisation, integration, liberal
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    Voluntary enrolment in the Peruvian private pension system

    Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, 2008
    Peru reformed its pension system in 1993 and similar to many other Latin American countries, the affiliation to any pension system (public or private) is mandatory for all formal salaried workers and voluntary for informal workers.
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    Aging, poverty, and social pension in Vietnam

    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
    In Vietnam, a social pension scheme was implemented in 2004 to provide a monthly benefit to the elderly aged 90 and over who did not have a contributory pension. In April 2007, the eligible age was revised to 85 and over. Impacts of the current scheme have been limited in terms of both coverage and poverty reduction.
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    Demographic changes and pension finances in Vietnam

    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
    This paper aims to provide a long-term financial vision for the Vietnamese pension scheme using stochastic modelling for key variables under an actuarial framework. In particular, it projects the pension fund balances in order to determine whether the scheme will be financially sustainable.
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    The rising age at retirement in industrial countries

    Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2008
    This paper examines recent trends in retirement behaviour in 21 rich countries. It proposes three measures of labour-force exit, and estimates labour-force exit rates using a variety of labour supply indicators, including the labour-force participation rate, the employment rate, average work hours in the population, and average weekly earnings in the population.
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    The new rural social pension insurance programme of Baoji City

    HelpAge International, 2008
    Baoji City is located in western Shaanxi, and is the second largest city in the province after Xi’an. It has a population of 3.76 million, 74 per cent of whom live in rural areas. The Baoji government instituted the New Rural Social Pension Insurance Programme in July 2007, one of the first of its kind in China.Insurance subscribers fall under three categories:
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    Preparing for policy changes: social security expectations and pension scheme participation

    Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, 2008
    This paper discusses the relationship between public and private savings by analysing private pension scheme participation in the presence of such policy uncertainty. It assesses the influence of subjective policy change expectations on voluntary pension scheme participation in the Netherlands.
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    Alternative social security systems and growth

    CESifo, 2008
    This paper aims to provide a theoretical analysis of the conjecture that the introduction of pay as you go [PAYG] social security has led to a substitution of human for physical capital. This is done in a general equilibrium framework to demonstrate that the effect of a social security system on human capital accumulation is essential for evaluating its fiscal sustainability.
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    Demographic change and its influence on development in Latin America and the Caribbean

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2008
    The report analyses the various stages of demographic transition by country in Latin American and Caribbean countries.  It looks at their population growth or decline, mortality, fertility, international migration and growth potential of the age structure. It also studies some consequences of demographic trends on the age structure and population size.
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    Exploratory study of micro-pensions in the Philippines

    WorldGranny, 2008
    This study assesses prospects and options for developing private pension programmes that address the needs of the elderly in the Philippines. It seeks to look at issues with respect to regulation and policy, the characteristics of demand and supply in micro-pension products, and the solutions to gaps and challenges in the provision of micro-pension products to the poor.

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