Showing 1 - 10 of 240
using a generational accounting framework. A simulation of retirement incentives suggests that the pension system will … encourage individuals to retire earlier than the statutory full pensionable age. These incentives are stronger for low-income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243442
This paper reports the Fund's income position for FY 2013 following the closing of the Fund's accounts for the … financial year and completion of the external audit. FY 2013 net income, including income from surcharges, amounted to SDR 2 … of currencies has been made from the GRA to the investment account. The placement of the net income to the Fund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410435
This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics that provide lessons for other countries that still need to design the decumulation phase of their newly established second pillars. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404999
This technical note examines pensions with profit contracts in Denmark. The Danish life insurance and pension sector is sensitive to a range of risks on both the asset and liability side of the balance sheet. One of the principal vulnerabilities for the sector arises out of the requirement to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407249
In the next 30-40 years, past changes in fertility and mortality will lead to a significant increase in the share of the elderly. This study suggests that these demographic trends may lead to a decline in the G-7 private savings rate after 2000, compounding the impact of social expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396157
increasing the mandatory retirement age is discussed. We also calculate rates of return on the participation in the Belgian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396528
productivity growth. While these reforms are needed, private pensions can also play a role inimproving retirement income for … recommendations for increasing coverage, improving efficiency, and delivering sustainable retirement income in the payout phase. This … and offers adequate coverage only to a small segment of the population, including civil servants and high-income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646631
years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco … property aspects of health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398460
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000580072
-capitalized and highly profitable. The health of the insurance sector has improved substantially. Credit risk transfer instruments are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405020