Economic efficiency : Minimizing the pension system's distortions of individual choices (English)

This briefing note on economic efficiency explores indicators related to the incentive to work. The first part looks at the retirement decision. There is now a mountain of evidence showing that retirement behavior responds strongly to the incentives embedded in the pension system. Equally, these incentives matter for equity reasons: people who work more and contribute more should have higher pensions. Yet many countries' pension systems continue to...

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Whitehouse,Edward R.;
Document Date
2010/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
70352
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/06/29
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Disclosed
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Economic efficiency : Minimizing the pension system's distortions of individual choices
Keywords
pension wealth

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Whitehouse,Edward R..

Economic efficiency : Minimizing the pension system's distortions of individual choices (English). World Bank pension indicators and database briefing no. 7 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936951468330910269

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