For almost a decade, the debate on social security in the region has revolved around the diversification of risks, macroeconomic effects of the systems, and private sector participation in their management. Now, however, many analysts are starting to focus on the issue of coverage. The debate on social security coverage has been complicated by a lack of consistent quantitative information that would allow for rigorous comparisons of different countries and different periods. Although many recently published articles and opinions include statistics, their sources and methodology are not always clear. For that reason, the publication of coverage information in a significant number of the region's countries, calculated simultaneously and based on similar data, makes an important contribution to clarifying the debate and developing specific policy proposals. This document is a first step in that direction. It presents coverage indicators and their determinants for seventeen countries of Latin America, based on Household Surveys. The information is not perfect, given problems of comparability among instruments and systems, as well as difficulties for precisely capturing the characteristics sought in the survey data. Consequently, the authors consider this document to be a first step in a collective information evaluation process, understanding that the results may be adjusted in future reviews.
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2005/05/01
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32754
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1
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2010/07/01
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Doc Name
Social security coverage in Latin America
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Keywords
social security system;economically active population;household survey;access to social security benefits;social security coverage;coverage rate;Labor Market;wage earner;social security fund;retirement benefit;alleviation of poverty;sectors of society;social security institutions;number of workers;social protection program;degree of informality;social assistance program;second world war;accumulation of capital;social protection system;diversification of risks;social security income;formal social security;military and police;availability of information;formal pension system;entitlement to benefits;social security agency;extent of coverage;social security program;labor market cycle;concept of citizenship;elderly population;
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Carranza,Eliana Rofman,Rafael P.
Social security coverage in Latin America (English). Social Protection discussion paper series ; no. SP 0523 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/969981468752972342/Social-security-coverage-in-Latin-America