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dc.titleLabor Market Impacts of Non-Contributory Pensions: The Case of Argentina's Moratorium
dc.contributor.authorBosch, Mariano
dc.contributor.authorGuajardo, Jarret
dc.contributor.orgunitLabor Markets Division
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.date.available2012-11-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2012-11-12T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractArgentina had traditionally enjoyed one of the highest elderly coverage rates in Latin America. However, since the mid-1990s coverage rates started a steady decline, especially for low income workers. In response, the Argentine government implemented a series of sweeping reforms in the mid-2000s. Central to these reforms was a program known as the 'Moratorium,' which allowed workers of retirement age to receive a pension regardless of whether they had completed the full 30 years of required social security contributions through formal employment. This paper studies the labor market effects of this reform. Using Argentina's Continuous Permanent Household Survey (EPHC), we employ a difference-in-difference technique to compare elderly individuals just above and below the retirement age, before and after the pension reform.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011422
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Labor-Market-Impacts-of-Non-Contributory-Pensions-The-Case-of-Argentina-Moratorium.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectNon Contributory Pension
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectSocial Security
dc.subject.jelcodeH55 - Social Security and Public Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeJ32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits • Retirement Plans • Private Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeO17 - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional Arrangements
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Security
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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