Reformando las reformas previsionales: En la Argentina y Chile

Rofman, Rafael; Fajnzylber, Eduardo; Herrera, Germán

doi:10.18356/dcb66cec-es

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“…From 2005 onwards, the requirements for the allocation of benefits were relaxed for seniors who did not meet the conditions laid down in the existing contributory system (see Cetrángolo and Grushka, 2008; Rofman, Fajnzylber and Herrera, 2009; D'Elia, 2007). First, early retirement was introduced for unemployed workers who were no more than five years away from retirement age but who had completed the required 30 years of contributions.…”

Section: Pension System Coverage In Argentinamentioning

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Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage

Arza

2012

Int Social Security Review

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One of the main challenges facing social policy in Latin American is to guarantee social security coverage for the entire population in the presence of a large informal sector. In Argentina, a regional pioneer in terms of the development of its pension system, more than one third of those of retirement age were without benefits in 2005. Since then, considerable progress has been made in extending coverage thanks to the introduction of a programme that has reduced contribution requirements and allocated benefits to a large number of seniors previously excluded from the system. This article analyzes the impact of this process in Argentina on the level and distribution of coverage, identifies changes in socio‐demographic factors which affect inclusion/exclusion in the social security system, and discusses remaining obstacles to the provision of universal coverage in the medium and long term.

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Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage

Arza

2012

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“…With the implementation of the Moratoria , more than 2 million people joined the pension system, resulting in a total pension coverage rate of over 90 per cent in 2010 among those aged 65+ (Rofman, Fajnzylber and Herrera, ; Bertranou et al, ; Lustig and Pessino, ). In 2009, the Moratoria pensions represented 41 per cent of all pensions paid in the country (ANSES, ).…”

Section: Pension Systems Description and Recent Reformsmentioning

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The gender gap in pensions in Latin America

Amarante¹,

Colacce²,

Manzi³

2017

Int Social Security Review

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Lower female lifetime labour market participation rates, greater interruptions during their working lives, and wage gaps contribute to create gender gaps in pensions at the time of retirement. The design of social security systems may reinforce or attenuate these gaps. This article provides new evidence on gender gaps in access to pensions and in pension income in four Southern Cone countries in Latin America and analyses their evolution between 2000 and 2013, showing significant improvements in both gaps, with differential patterns by countries. The decrease in the gender gap in pension income has been particularly significant in Argentina and Brazil. In both cases, the largest increases in pension values during the period correspond to the lowest income percentiles, where women are overrepresented. The application of redistributive policies in these countries, aimed at reducing poverty and inequality but not necessarily focused on gender equity, has had positive and probably unintended consequences in terms of reduction in gender gaps in pensions.

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“…In a nutshell, under the pension moratorium older adults who do not have the 30 years of contributions required by the general pension system are also eligible for a pension as long as they join a plan to pay the contribution years they are missing, under very favourable conditions. Beneficiaries do not need to pay these debts in advance; they are instead discounted in instalments every month from the pension benefits they start to receive (see Arza 2012a; Danani and Hintze 2011;Rofman 2013a;Rofman et al 2010). The pension moratorium is open to all, and produced a massive increase in coverage rates, especially among women (IDB 2016).…”

Section: Argentina: a 'Pension Moratorium' To Extend Access To Pensionsmentioning

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“…In fact the legislation that introduced the pension moratorium was passed before those reforms. Initially, the programme was little known and not very much publicized by the government or the media (Rofman et al 2010). But by 2007, as the programme started to offer new benefits to hundreds of thousands of older adults with no pensions, it became widely known and turned into one of the main social policies of the period and an important source of political credit for the government.…”

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The expansion of economic protection for older adults in Latin America : Key design features of non-contributory pensions

Arza¹

2017

WIDER Working Paper

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Over the past two decades, many Latin American countries have expanded the economic protection of older adults by developing non-contributory pensions or making eligibility rules more flexible. These policies have addressed long-standing coverage gaps in Latin American pension systems and contributed to incorporating a large number of older adults in the social protection system. The paper examines the main design features of non-contributory pensions and how they interact with pre-existing contributory systems. It identifies the different types of coverage expansion strategies across Latin America and discusses three different country experiences-Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia-in greater detail.

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Reformando las reformas previsionales: En la Argentina y Chile

Cited by 20 publications

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Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage

Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage

The gender gap in pensions in Latin America

The expansion of economic protection for older adults in Latin America : Key design features of non-contributory pensions

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