Por Arun Sai La guerra en Irán y el riesgo de que pueda derivar en un conflicto regional de mayor alcance han agitado los mercados financieros mundiales. Los precios del petróleo y del gas en Europa se han disparado, mientras que los mercados de renta variable han experimentado fuertes caídas. Lo que más se teme es que el mundo pueda estar a punto de experimentar una subida de los precios de la energía tan abrupta como la que se produjo tras...
Por Gobierno de México & Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno La Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno realizó un análisis de la información relativa a personas pensionadas en diversas instituciones públicas, entre ellas, Luz y Fuerza del Centro en Liquidación, Petróleos Mexicanos, Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Nacional Financiera, Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior y Banco Nacional de Crédito Rural. En el marco de dicho análisis se identificaron pensiones exorbitantes que superan el sueldo de...
By OECD Policymakers are often faced with decisions affecting human health and mortality risk. For example, new vehicle fuel efficiency standards may lead to higher costs for consumers but could also save lives by improving air quality in urban areas, thus creating a trade-off between economic costs and the value of reducing mortality risk. Yet, too often, these economic trade-offs are not assessed in a systematic manner using a consistent methodology. This report aims to equip policymakers with the methodologies and economic...
By Climate Policy Initiative The 2025 Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) Impact Report highlights how innovative financial solutions are helping mobilize private investment for climate action in emerging markets. From 2014 to 2025, the Lab incubated 87 climate finance instruments designed to address barriers to investment in sectors such as renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, nature-based solutions, and climate resilience. Together, these solutions have mobilized USD 4.4 billion in climate investment, with USD 1.83 billion from private investors. The report...
By Ai Jun Hou, Di Cui, Mingfa Ding, Yikai Han & Xiaoyang Li Sweden's 1999 pension reform-which replaced a defined-benefit (DB) regime with a notional defined-contribution (DC) scheme-changed incentives in ways that affect employees' career choice over the life cycle. We use Swedish administrative data and a difference-indifferences approach to study the impact of this reform on entrepreneurship. We find that entrepreneurial entry increases more after the reform among cohorts with greater exposure to the new DC pension system. The...
By Virginia Marturet Life expectancy has significantly increased, reaching an average of 77 years in Argentina. The current challenge is to enhance the quality of those years. Age discrimination is the third leading cause of discrimination worldwide and is prevalent in Argentina, particularly in workplaces, society, and daily life. Our current challenge is to make those years a life with more quality and fullness. What is the power of all that we have gained and how do we take advantage...
By Knowledge at Wharton Staff In this Q&A, professor Sylvain Catherine discusses why including Social Security fundamentally changes how we measure wealth inequality. His paper “Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality” was co-authored by Max Miller and Natasha Sarin and recently won the Dimensional Fund Advisors First Prize from the American Finance Association. The paper was previously awarded the Marshall Blume Prize in Financial Research from Wharton’s Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, given annually to the best...
Por Felipe Larraín B, Gerardo Esquivel & Hermann González B. El sistema de pensiones en México ha experimentado en las últimas tres décadas un proceso de transformaciones profundas, impulsado por la necesidad de enfrentar desequilibrios financieros, cambios demográficos y presiones del mercado laboral. Durante los años noventa predominaban los esquemas de reparto del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) y del Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE). La creación del SAR-922 abrió el...
Por Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores La Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) presenta el reporte trimestral de Ahorro Financiero y Financiamiento con cifras a marzo de 2025, así como la base de datos, que se ponen a disposición del público. Esta base de datos contiene información detallada sobre los componentes del ahorro financiero (captación de intermediarios, tenencia de valores de renta fija y certificados bursátiles fiduciarios, y ahorro externo) y del financiamiento (cartera de crédito, emisión de deuda...
Por Pablo Blanchard, Sebastián Fleitas & Rodrigo Gonzalez Valdenegro Este informe presenta evidencia empírica y recomendaciones de política para el pilar de ahorro individual del sistema previsional uruguayo, a partir de los resultados del artículo académico. Fuente Redi
