China is currently undergoing the largest regional migration in the world’s history. Young rural workers are moving to urban areas, often in a different province, for substantial periods of their working lives. Social security policy in China, while framed by national protocols and policy guidelines, is administered at more than 2000 lower-level jurisdictions, typically cities and counties, and at present this compromises pension entitlements of China’s 150 million rural migrant workers.

Longevity risk is amongst the most important factors to consider for pricing and risk management of longevity products. Past improvements in mortality over many years, and the uncertainty of these improvements, have attracted the attention of experts, both practitioners and academics.

Tax concessions are a common feature of private pension pillars around the world. Most countries exempt pension fund earnings from any taxation but tax either benefits (EET regime) or contributions (TEE regime) progressively as regular private income. By contrast, Australias superannuation taxation features concessional ?at tax rates on contributions and fund earnings, with benefits being generally tax free.

I Norge er nær ti prosent av befolkningen i yrkesaktiv alder uføretrygdet. Arbeidsuførhet varierer betydelig mellom yrkesgrupper, og vi trenger mer kunnskap om hvilke spesifikke arbeidsfaktorer som bidrar til dette.

In 2010, only 19 percent of individuals ages 50-58 whose household incomes were less than 300 percent of the poverty line participated in a pension of any kind at their current jobs, compared to 56 percent of those above 300 percent of poverty.  This paper investigates this pension gap.

Stadig flere eldre over 62 år fortsetter å jobbe, og yrkesaktiviteten har særlig økt blant 62- og 63-åringer. Det viser en ny rapport fra Pensjonspolitisk arbeidsgruppe.

Forskere har undersøkt hvilken effekt NAVs nye informasjonsbrosjyre om pensjonsreformen har på folks pensjoneringsplaner. De finner at brosjyren fører til økt innsikt, men at den økte kunnskapen ikke synes å ha noen effekt på folks pensjoneringsplaner.

Efter flera års dödläge har nu EU-instutionrena kommit överens om regler för rätten för arbetstagare som arbetar i flera EU-länder att ta med sig tjänstepensionen.

Governments are increasingly concerned about the capacity of pensions systems to meet demands in the coming years. According to the OECD, one part of the policy response in many countries will be greater private provision on the part of individuals through occupational and other pension arrangements.

Recent literature makes a distinction between 'voluntary' and 'involuntary' early retirement, where 'involuntary' early retirement results from employment constraints rather than from a preference for leisure relative to work. This paper analyzes 'voluntary' and 'involuntary' early retirement based on international microdata covering 19 industrialized countries.

The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a great opportunity to assess how conflicting forces – the maturation of the system and the Pension Protection Act of 2006 on the one hand and the devastating effects of the 2008 financial collapse and Great Recession on the other hand – have affected workers’ 401(k) accounts. The SCF is a triennial survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. households, which collects detailed information on their assets, liabilities, and demographic characteristics. The 2001, 2004, and 2007 surveys showed some improvement in terms of 401(k) participation, contribution levels, investment choices, and cashing out. But median holdings of those approaching retirement remained low even at the peak of the market in 2007. This brief explores the extent to which the positive trends in 401(k) behavior have persisted in the weak economy and how balances have fared in the wake of the financial collapse.