Non-contributory pensions: Bolivia and Antigua in an international context

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The Chilean system of contributory pensions as locus of rivalry and of a new social compact

This study assesses the contributory pension system in Chile and offers some recommendations for reform, from the viewpoint of social rights that generate expectations of satisfaction. The primary objective of any pension system is to provide income security to the elderly, and contributory pensions must reflect the savings achieved throughout working life in order to guarantee that, for similar levels of effort, similar and proportionate protection will be obtained.

Social Panorama of Latin America 2006

Includes bibliography

Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity

Includes bibliography

Millennium development goals: progress towards the right to health in Latin america and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

The Latin American experience in pension system reform: coverage, fiscal issues and possible implications for China

Includes bibliography

Labour markets and pension systems

Includes bibliography

Expanding the coverage of pension systems in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Gaps in the welfare State and reforms to pension systems in Latin America

Includes bibliography

The health insurance market: lessons on the conflict between equivalence and solidarity

Includes bibliography

Paternidad responsable en el Istmo Centroamericano

Incluye Bibliografía

Argentina: Impacts of the child allowance programme on the labour-market behaviour of adults

In 2009 Argentina implemented the Universal Child Allowance for Social Protection (AUH), a cash transfer programme for households with children. Coverage provided by the contributory family allowance programme was extended to parents who are unemployed or who work in the informal sector (domestic workers, for example). This paper uses the difference-in-difference estimator and propensity score matching techniques to evaluate the short-term effects of the auh on adult labour participation and income generation. The results suggest that, during its first year of operation, no significant disincentives to work were generated by the programme, given that it did not discourage adults from working or lead to a reduction in the number of hours worked. These findings are highly relevant in the Latin American context where these kinds of cash transfers have become an important component of social protection systems.