Annuity markets in comparative perspective : do consumers get their money's wotrth? (English)

Pension reforms normally focus on the accumulation phase, plus term insurance that provides bnefits for the disabled and for dependent survivors, all of which are immediate concerns. Decumulation of the capital in workers' retirement savings accounts appears to be far in the future. But in the second generation of reforms, countries have begun paying attention to eventual decumulation--either through gradual withdrawals or through annuitization, which...

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James,Estelle;

Vittas,Dimitri;
Document Date
2000/11/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2493
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Australia, Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Chile, Iceland, Singapore,
Region
Europe and Central Asia, Other, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Annuity markets in comparative perspective : do consumers get their money's wotrth?
Keywords
insurance companies

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James,Estelle; Vittas,Dimitri.

Annuity markets in comparative perspective : do consumers get their money's wotrth? (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2493 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804791468760164780

Annuity markets in comparative perspective : do consumers get their money's wotrth? (English)

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