As with many social transfer schemes, pension systems around the world are often
progressive: individuals with lower incomes receive a higher percentage of their income as …

Population aging increases dependency levels and can influence the transition from
working life to retirement. Changes in population structure have important economic effects …

This paper studies social security reforms in a model with declining population growth and
increasing life expectancy. Based on simulations using data on China, it is found that a …

We propose a new model in a Bayesian hierarchical framework to project mortality at both
national and subnational levels based on sparse or missing data. The new model, which …

We study the role of income-mortality differentials and pension eligibility conditions on the
level of regressivity and progressivity of Peru's public pension system, using administrative …

The study of the mortality differences between groups has traditionally focused on metrics
such as life expectancy and standardized mortality rates, which give insights into how group …

We present a novel life-cycle model, grounded in demographic principles, to examine the
influence of medical progress, technological progress, and the reduction in age …

At older ages, most people are supported by pension systems that provide payments based
on prior contributions. An important, but neglected, aspect of inequality in how much people …

This chapter studies the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on aging and pension systems
within the Emerging European Economies (EEE). In the first part, it presents stylized facts …

As with many social transfer schemes, pension systems around the world are often
progressive: individuals with lower incomes receive a higher percentage of their income as …