June 2026

Encuesta 2024 sobre la Salud Mental de las Juventudes LGBTQ+ en México

Por The Trevor Project  La encuesta 2024 sobre la Salud Mental de las Juventudes LGBTQ+ en México es una iniciativa pionera liderada por The Trevor Project en colaboración con investigadorxs independientes, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y con la aprobación de un Comité de Revisión Institucional independiente en los Estados Unidos. Este esfuerzo revela, por primera vez en México, un análisis detallado del estado de la salud mental de las juventudes LGBTQ+ así como los factores de riesgo y protección que...

May 2026

Pension Fund Investment and Firm Innovation

By Cédric Schneider, Dario Pozzoli & David Pinkus We use a unique database on domestic pension fund investment to analyze the relationship between pension fund investment and innovation within Danish firms. We find a significant positive association between pension fund investment and various measures of innovation, including green technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, this relationship is much weaker in highly competitive industries,suggesting that pension funds encourage innovation by monitoring and holding managers accountable. Our analysis also shows...

Investment Decisions of Defined Benefit Pension Plans

By Zhichuan Frank Li, Jun Wang & Yuqi Zhang This paper examines the determinants of defined benefit (DB) pension plan investment decisions of U.S. corporations with the largest 100 DB plans (Milliman 100 companies). We test two contradicting theories on DB plans. The risk-management theory indicates that firms tend to reduce risk in their pension investments when facing high risk, and the risk-shifting theory predicts the opposite because the funds’ downside risk is hedged by federal government insurance. We find...

April 2026

2024 Sustainability Investment Report

By Government Pension Investment Fund  The Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan (GPIF) has published the "2024 Sustainability Investment Report" as a way of reporting on GPIF's sustainability-related initiative, including Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and the effects thereof to all pension beneficiaries and other stakeholders. In the "2024 Sustainability Investment Report," in addition to presenting the initiatives on sustainability investment undertaken during the year and the ESG evaluation of the portfolio, we also conducted the "Analysis of the Exercise of...

March 2026

Venezuela frente al Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 1. Fin de la Pobreza avances y desafíos

Por Xavier Valente & Ligmar Altamar Venezuela está enfrentado una crisis humanitaria que ha exacerbado significativamente la pobreza y la desigualdad. Este ensayo examina el impacto de la crisis en el progreso de Venezuela hacia el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 1: Fin de la pobreza. Utilizando datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida (ENCOVI) y la Red de Soluciones para el Desarrollo Sostenible, se analizan las tendencias de la pobreza, se identifican desafíos clave y se describe la efectividad de...

February 2026

¿Hasta qué punto es sostenible el sistema de pensiones de la mayor economía de América Latina – Brasil?

Por Poema Isis Andrade de Souza & Javier Sánchez-Rivas  Este artículo investigó las condiciones de sostenibilidad del sistema de pensiones en Brasil a través de un análisis descriptivo de datos recientes divulgados por los organismos oficiales del país. Se trata de una cuestión de extrema importancia en el mundo, ya que la esperanza de vida está aumentando en la sociedad y es esencial garantizar un nivel adecuado de ingresos a los trabajadores cuando llegan a la vejez o a cualquier...

January 2026

Population Aging and Corporate Leverage

By Xingshen Li, Kexin Jiang, Wei Li & Xiaofen Tan This study examines the relationship between corporate leverage and population aging. Based on a panel dataset of global listed firms from 2000 to 2021, we find that population aging at the country level reduces a firm’s leverage. This effect is mediated through mechanisms that influence operational pressures and asset prices. Further analysis reveals that the adverse impact of population aging on corporate leverage is more pronounced among firms with higher financial...

December 2025

Exploring the awareness, preparedness and the state of pension among informal workers in Ghana

By Moses Segbenya, Jennifer Onomah, Raymond Kangmennaang & Esther Grantson The study explored the awareness, preparedness, and the state of pensions among informal workers in Ghana. The interpretive approach and the exploratory research design were used for this study. The snowball and purposive sampling techniques were adopted to select 45 informal workers in Ghana and two management members of a pension scheme in Ghana. Data gathered was transcribed, coded and analysed with the qualitative interpretative analytical framework. The study found that the majority of...

November 2025

Financial sustainability for the expansion of non-contributory pension systems and the eradication of old-age poverty

By Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Ernesto Espíndola & Juan Ignacio Vila Income protection is a substantive factor and a priority of social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, in particular at either end of the life cycle (i.e. childhood and old age). This is due to the greater vulnerability and lower earning capacity of these population segments compared with other age groups, among other factors (Santos Garcia, Farías and Robles, 2023). In these circumstances, pension systems, in particular...

Estimación del impacto de los fondos de pensiones en la economía chilena

Por Alberto Belmar P, Hermann González B  & Felipe Larraín B El sistema previsional de ahorro y capitalización individual vigente en Chile desde inicios de la década de 1980 generó cambios positivos en el empleo y en su distribución entre los sectores formal e informal de la economía; en las decisiones de ahorro e inversión de los agentes privados y del gobierno, y en el desarrollo del mercado de capitales que acompañó a la nueva institucionalidad. Estos cambios impulsaron un aumento...