Los sistemas públicos de pensiones han experimentado en las últimas décadas profundas transformaciones de naturaleza económica, social y demográfica, destacando, entre estas últimas, el proceso de envejecimiento de la población. En este trabajo se analizan los efectos del envejecimiento...

In the USSR in 1990, social security reforms led to the imposition of a uniform system of benefits in a large and demographically diverse country. This required inter-regional transfers, which are now no longer feasible with the demise of the USSR. Relatively high contribution rates also pose a...

The paper surveys the role of financial markets and fiscal institutions in the transformation process going on in Eastern and Central Europe. It highlights (a) the need to create some sort of “social ecological balance” necessary for the working of a modern market economy; (b) the need to...

Zusammenfassung Es wird untersucht, inwieweit sich Unterschiede in den existenznotwendigen Ausgaben von Haushalten verschiedener Zusammensetzung adäquat durch die Schätzung demographisch funktionalisierter Linearer Ausgabensysteme quantifizieren lassen. Im Rahmen einer empirischen Analyse auf...

Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in...

Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in...