In a defined contribution pension system based on individual accounts information is essential, as plan members are responsible for taking actions in order to avoid undesirable low levels of pension income during retirement. In this paper we use a unique natural experiment to analyze the impact...

In 2008, Chile introduced a New Solidarity Pillar (NSP) designed to eliminate the incidence of poverty among elderly adults by setting a floor at around forty percent of the minimum monthly income for the poorest sixty percent of the population. This paper describes the NSP's main...

Individual unemployment accounts (IUAs) attenuate the moral hazard attached to unemployment insurance. However, the available literature provides no policy recommendation about what percentage of the contributions should go to IUAs. We propose criteria of actuarial neutrality and use a simple...

La Reforma Previsional recientemente aprobada introduce una serie de medidas que aumentan la competitividad con que opera la industria de AFP. Este artículo resume el análisis realizado en la elaboración y diseño de tales medidas, partiendo por un diagnóstico acabado del nivel de...

Como parte de la reforma previsional aprobada recientemente en Chile, el gobierno introdujo un mecanismo centralizado de subasta para el Seguro de Invalidez y Sobrevivencia (SIS) que cubre parte importante de los más de 8 millones de participantes en el sistema privado de pensiones...

As part of the pension reform recently approved in Chile, the government introduced a centralized auction mechanism to provide the Disability and Survivors (D&S) Insurance that covers recent contributors among the more than 8 million participants in the mandatory private pension system. This...