Spanish Abstract: Este documento evalúa el efecto de las ganancias potenciales asociadas al traslado sobre las decisiones de cambio de régimen pensional en Colombia. El sistema pensional actual genera diferencias en los beneficios pensionales esperados dependiendo del régimen pensional...

This United Nations Policy Note on Social Policy provides practical guidance on how to operationalize alternative equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed in cooperation with UN agencies, and has been officially...

Since 2003, it has been observed in Argentina a paradigm shift with regard to social security, in general, and pension system, in particular, based mainly on the inclusion and solidarity. The implementation of the Pension Inclusion Plan, more than ten increases in pension benefits before the...

The pension system is an essential component within social security. Due to several reasons, among which the current international financial crisis and the rapid aging of the population that is happening in many countries outstand, throughout these last few years several reforms have been...

A social security system which works properly should be universal and equitable, ensuring a minimum standard to all beneficiaries and sustainable over time. The literature agrees that the central objectives of them are the prevention of poverty among the elderly and consumption smoothing over...

We propose to create a multi-pillar system by merging the public and private pension systems. In this system, part of the worker’s contribution goes to a “solidarity fund” and the remaining is accrued in his individual capitalization account. This fund will finance a targeted minimum...

In recent years, various phenomena such as aging population, international economic crisis and changes in the conception of the role of the state have forced countries to reconsider the role of social security in general and foresight social in particular. The Argentine case is not the...

In recent years, various phenomena such as aging population, international economic crisis and changes in the conception of the role of the state have forced countries to reconsider the role of social security in general and foresight social in particular. The Argentine case is not the...

El programa de Asignación Universal por Hijo en Argentina extiende a los desocupados y trabajadores informales un beneficio antes limitado a los empleados formales. Esta extensión podría modificar los incentivos laborales, estimulando una menor participación en el sector formal respecto de...

The demographic shift underway in Southern Europe requires a revision of some of the fundamental principles of the traditional welfare state. We analyze the evolution of several aspects of welfare and social expenditure over the last two decades. We find that in the context of the present...