Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91804
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 59
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Developing countries are increasingly aware of the need to design and implement improvements in public systems for providing pensions to the elderly. Such systems may aim to smooth consumption and thus provide reliable income to older people, reduce poverty among the elderly, insure those no longer working against the risk of running out of funds, and promote equal treatment of men and women in retirement security even when lifetime earnings and projected average life expectancy may differ greatly. The increasing share of the elderly in the population of all countries makes implementation of sustainable pension systems both more urgent and more difficult. Planners must consider numerous options in pension system design and choose the combination of policies that will optimize coverage, benefits, and financing given a country's demographics, history, practices regarding family support of the elderly, political system, extent of informal labour, and fiscal situation.
Subjects: 
pension systems
aging
retirement
life expectancy
JEL: 
J14
J26
J11
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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