May 2025

Annual survey on financial incentives for retirement savings. Country profiles 2024

By Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Countries provide financial incentives to encourage individuals to save for retirement in asset-backed pension plans. Financial incentives for retirement savings can take the form of tax incentives, which are indirect subsidies through the tax code, or non-tax incentives, which are direct government payments into pension accounts. This annual survey provides an overview of the tax treatment of retirement savings and covers non-tax incentives to promote retirement savings in OECD countries and four accession...

February 2019

OECD urges Hungarian policy change

Hungary should focus its efforts on inclusive reforms, such as overhauling public pensions and the healthcare system, the OECD has urged. Although the Hungarian economy is growing – driven by high employment levels – a shift in government policy is needed to ensure green growth and better social benefits, the Paris-based organisation said in its latest Economic Survey of the country. The survey highlighted that public spending on pensions is putting pressure on public finances – despite being one of the lowest in...