April 2025
25Apr

The role of CEOs in the sustainability of defined benefit pension plans

By Joanne Horton, Paraskevi Vicky Kiosse, Maria Koumenta & Evisa Mitrou The future of defined benefit (DB) pensions is a hotly debated topic in reward management. Drawing on agency and managerial power theories, the conditions under which CEOs can affect their sustainability have been examined. We show that when the CEO is a member of the same DB plan as their employees or when the CEO is both a member and a trustee of the plan, this affects the agency and power...

April 25, 2025
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16Apr

Retirement in the USA: The Outlook of the Workforce 25th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey

By Transamerica Institute Retirement in the USA: The Outlook of the Workforce, a collaboration between Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) and Transamerica Institute, delves into the retirement prospects of the U.S. workforce including workers who are employed by others, self-employed workers, and workers who are unemployed but looking for work. Based on a survey of more than 6,100 members of the workforce, the report delves into their life priorities and outlook, personal finances, retirement expectations, and how they are saving,...

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Awareness of the Government-Introduced Universal Pension Scheme Among the Adult Population in Bangladesh: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey

By Sharmin Rima, Md. Mahir Faysal, Abdullah Al Mamun, Khadija Akter Sonia, Hossna Tasmia Monia, Anika Tahseen Nuva, Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Abdullah-Al-Mamun & Mohammad Hossain The Universal Pension Scheme (UPS) was introduced in Bangladesh in August 2023 to address economic security concerns for its growing older adults. Despite the government's numerous promotional efforts, the response rate to UPS remains modest. This study aimed to investigate awareness of the UPS among the Bangladeshi population. The study's sample size was 1624,...

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Older Workers Face New Risks because of the COVID-19 Recession

By Siavash Radpour, Aida Farmand & Teresa Ghilarducci For the large cohort of older workers, the significant difference between the COVID-19 recession and previous ones is the combined effect of the economic recession and the health risks of the COVID-19 outbreak. Older workers are facing the high health risks of working during a pandemic, on the one hand, as well as the risk of losing their jobs, on the other hand, which can lead to significantly lower wages in the...

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Population Aging, Digital Financial Inclusion, Development Strategies and Economic Resilience

By Dongsong Cai, Ling Long, WanHuan Cai & Xin Wang As China enters into a deeply aging society, China's demographic development has come to an unprecedented stage of great transition, which also has an impact on economic resilience. Based on the perspective of new structural economics, the relationship between population aging and economic resilience is explored. Meanwhile, empirical tests using provincial panel data find that, firstly, there is a positive effect of population aging on economic resilience, i.e., population aging...

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Avances y desafíos en la implementación del sistema de pensiones no contributivo en la República Dominicana

Por Manuel Delgado, Nincen Figueroa & Juan Vila  Los sistemas de pensiones no contributivas se han constituido en un elemento fundamental en los sistemas de protección social de la región, debido a su rol en el aseguramiento de los ingresos de las personas mayores, la reducción de las desigualdades y la erradicación de la pobreza en la vejez. La consolidación de estos sistemas ha posibilitado una mayor sostenibilidad de los sistemas de pensiones de la región en términos de cobertura...

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Iniciativas de Reforma en materia de Pensiones y Vivienda

Por Deloitte  Se plantea establecer a través de modificaciones al artículo 123 Constitucional que las personas trabajadoras con 65 años que empezaron a cotizar a partir del 1° de julio de 1997 en la Ley del Seguro Social, así como las personas trabajadoras que estén bajo el régimen de cuentas individuales que cotizan en el Instituto de Seguridad de Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado tendrán derecho a que su pensión de retiro. Fuente Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Estado de Bienestar en América Latina: Regímenes de bienestar, trayectorias históricas y arquitecturas de política social

Por Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, Luis Vargas-Faulbaum & Juan Jacobo Velasco Este capítulo incorpora una discusión sobre las principales características de los Estados de Bienestar en América Latina, a partir de las cuales se revisan las diferentes tipologías de los Estados de Bienestar en la región y se analiza la arquitectura de la política social. Posteriormente, se discuten las trayectorias de su desarrollo histórico desde una perspectiva comparada. Finalmente, se presentan las conclusiones y desafíos futuros para los Estados de Bienestar de...

April 16, 2025
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16Apr

Cuidados de la vejez y oferta laboral femenina en América Latina

Por Elisa Failache Mirza, Noemí Katzkowicz, Fabrizio Méndez Rivero, Cecilia Parada Larre B & Martina Querejeta R. El envejecimiento poblacional se posiciona como un importante cambio demográfico. Este trabajo analiza las características de los adultos mayores en situación de dependencia, las estrategias de cuidado y el perfil de personas cuidadoras para Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, El Salvador y Uruguay. La población en situación de dependencia funcional es mayoritariamente femenina y mayor de 75 años. Entre un 54 % y un 70 %...

April 16, 2025
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11Apr

The Social Security Retirement Age

By Congressional Research Service The Social Security full retirement age (FRA) is the age at which workers can first claim full (i.e., unreduced) Social Security retired-worker benefits.1 Among other factors, the age at which an individual begins receiving Social Security benefits has an impact on the size of the monthly benefits. Claiming benefits before the FRA can substantially reduce monthly benefits, whereas claiming benefits after the FRA can lead to a substantial increase in monthly benefits. Benefit adjustments are made...

April 11, 2025
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