TY  - GEN
AU  - Fuentes, Nelson
AU  - Aguilar, Gonzalo
AU  - Trillos, Camila
TI  -  Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Formal Labor Market and the Pension System in El Salvador
PY  - 2022
Y1  - 2022/10/26
DO  - 10.18235/0004523
AB  - Using an impact evaluation methodology for interrupted time-series and the IDB Pension Projection Model, this study estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic could have notably effects on the private pension system in El Salvador as a consequence of the relaxation of requirements to repay early withdrawals that was established in the context of the pandemic. This fact could negatively affect passive coverage rate, system incomes, short-run system surplus and replacement rates, generating an increase in the fiscal cost. The problems of the Salvadoran pension system are structural, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated them. Consequently, although it is possible to discuss policies to reduce these effects, it is necessary to frame this discussion in the context of a comprehensive reform of the system.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0004523
ER  -