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In the face of the substantial ageing of population expected to occur in OECD countries over coming decades, policies that boost labour-force participation attract considerable interest. There remain large cross-country divergences in participation rates that are largely accounted for by...
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. With an already low effective retirement age, additional early permanent exit from the labour market needs to be … step in the right direction, but the old–age retirement system should be further adjusted to lower fiscal costs, raise the … minimum retirement age and increase work incentives for older individuals. This Working Paper relates to the 2010 Economic …
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downturns. In particular, early retirement incentives embedded in old-age pension schemes and other social transfer programmes …
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elderly, putting pressure on retirement-income- and healthcare insurance systems. The Netherlands is better placed than most … be important to reduce incentives for economic inactivity, especially by reforming early retirement schemes and …
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This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements in selected African countries. The paper was designed as an overview/background document to provide context and assist discussion at the OECD/IOPS...
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by the removal of the pathways to early retirement. In order to allow people to work longer, labour market flexibility …
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The recent economic crisis has provided a stress test for the vulnerability of social institutions. This paper assesses the vulnerability of social institutions in light of the current crisis, and surveys past episodes, when social institutions faced similar challenges. Public pay-as-you-go...
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This paper estimates and discusses some of the potential labour market implications arising from the rapid ageing of government employees in a number of OECD countries. Under alternative scenarios for future public employment policies, available labour resources for the private sector are...
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