Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62516 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6800
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain 'new normal' will make future pension systems different from past ones. The objectives of this policy review paper are threefold: (i) to briefly review recent and ongoing key changes that are triggering reforms; (ii) to outline the main reform trends across pension pillars; and (iii) to identify a few areas on which the pension reform community will need to focus to make a difference. The latter includes: creating solutions after the marginalization or, perhaps, demise of Bismarckian systems in countries with high rates of informality; keeping the elderly in the labor market; and addressing the uncertainty of longevity increases in pension schemes.
Subjects: 
population aging
longevity
financial crisis
multi pillar pension systems
social pension
NDC
MDC
JEL: 
G23
H55
I3
J21
J26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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