November 2021
08Nov

India:Govt looks into inclusive system for retirement income

The central government is considering launching a drive to provide retirement benefit cover to nearly 380m people in the uncovered workforce in the country, so as to narrow the gap between higher life expectancy and lack of retirement income support. Inter-ministerial consultations are taking place on how to achieve this goal. “The idea is everyone should be in one of the schemes,” an official told The Financial Express. Currently, around 120m workers, the bulk of whom in the organised sector, enjoy...

November 8, 2021
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08Nov

Kenya. Pension scheme providers urged to adopt new regulations

The government has asked pension scheme providers in the country to adhere to the new pension regulations. The new regulations came into force after the adoption of the Pensions Amendment Bill of 2020. The Bill allows subscribers of pensions schemes to access up to 40 per cent of their pension to own houses. Previously, upon discharge, employees were entitled to their own contributions, 50 per cent of their employer’s contributions, and any investment income that accrued after those contributions. Furthermore, the regulations...

November 8, 2021
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05Nov

The Future of Jobs Report 2020

By World Economic Forum The Future of Jobs report maps the jobs and skills of the future, tracking the pace of change. It aims to shed light on the pandemic-related disruptions in 2020, contextualized within a longer history of economic cycles and the expected outlook for technology adoption, jobs and skills in the next five years. Get the book here 610 views

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

The Economic Burden of Pension Shortfalls: Evidence from House Prices

By Darren Aiello, Asaf Bernstein, Mahyar Kargar, Ryan Lewis & Michael Schwert U.S. state pensions are underfunded by trillions of dollars, but their economic burden is unclear. In a model of inefficient taxation, real estate fully reflects the cost of pension shortfalls when it is the only form of immobile capital. We study the effect of pension shortfalls on real estate values at state borders, where labor and physical capital could more easily relocate to a state with a smaller...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

The Skill-Specific Automatability of Aging Workers and Retirement Decisions

By Zeewan Lee Much of the discourse on the impact of automation on labor supply tends to assess the labor force as a whole, thereby disregarding the marginal effect on aging workers. In lights of the growing technological changes, we assess the linkage between the automatability of workers and retirement timing. Based on the theoretical model of task-based technological changes and drawing data from the Health and Retirement Study and O*NET, we create an Automatability Index based on workers’ primary...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

México. El BID propone crear un fondo para financiar transición de pensiones estatales

“Las alternativas de financiamiento” demandarán esquemas financieros innovadores, que permitan crear los incentivos necesarios para un buen manejo del pasivo pensionario”, señaló el BID en un análisis, informó El Economista. De acuerdo con la información, una de las alternativas que evaluó el BID es la emisión de bonos cupón cero, similares a los bonos Brady, los cuales son un instrumento financiero que emiten los países emergentes para reestructurar su deuda con los bancos comerciales extranjeros. “(Los bonos) ayudarían a los gobiernos...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

Puerto Rico. Junta presenta enmienda al Plan de Ajuste sin recorte a las pensiones

La Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF) anunció este jueves la presentación de su propuesta de octava enmienda al Plan de Ajuste del Gobierno, la cual no incluye ninguna modificación o "recorte" a los beneficios de pensión de los empleados activos y retirados del Gobierno, según lo dispuesto en la Ley 53-2021 para autorizar la emisión de nuevos bonos de obligación general (OG). Leer también Gobernador de Puerto Rico firma ley que propone reducir deuda pública El Plan de Ajuste es catalogado...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

Pensions, Income Taxes and Homeownership: A Cross-Country Analysis

By Hans Fehr, Maurice Hofmann & George Kudrna This paper studies the role of pensions and income taxes in determining homeownership and household wealth. It provides a cross-country analysis, using tax and pension policy designs in Germany, the US and Australia. These developed nations have similar incomes per capita but very different homeownership rates, with the US and Australia having much higher homeownership compared to Germany. The question is to what extent the observed differences in homeownership are induced by...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

Colombia. Se hundió proyecto de ley que permitía el traslado extemporáneo de fondos privados a Colpensiones

Este miércoles la Comisión Séptima de la Cámara de Representantes hundió el proyecto de ley que avalaba cambiarse de fondos privados a Colpensiones sin inconvenientes. La iniciativa de Juan Carlos Wills recibió una votación de nueve votos por el sí y 7 por el no a la pregunta de archivarlo, proposición radicada por Henry Correal. El autor denunció que la proposición de archivo de Henry Correal sería un “mandado del Ministerio de Hacienda y el Gobierno Nacional”. Por su parte Wills...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

UK. State pension payments still delayed for thousands

By Kevin Peachey Thousands of newly-retired people are still yet to receive their first state pension payments after a deadline for backlogs in payments to be cleared. Most delayed pensions to people who have just turned 66 are now being paid following a catch-up exercise by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). But applications have yet to be processed for 4,900 people from whom the DWP has asked for extra details. The pandemic and staffing issues were blamed for problems over the...

November 5, 2021
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