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dc.title Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Formal Labor Market and the Pension System in El Salvador
dc.contributor.authorFuentes, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorAguilar, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorTrillos, Camila
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.date.available2022-10-26T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2022-10-26T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractUsing 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.
dc.format.extent56
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004523
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/-Impact-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-on-the-Formal-Labor-Market-and-the-Pension-System-in-El-Salvador.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPension Systems
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectSocial Security
dc.subject.jelcodeC22 - Time-Series Models • Dynamic Quantile Regressions • Dynamic Treatment Effect Models • Diffusion Processes
dc.subject.jelcodeG28 - Government Policy and Regulation
dc.subject.jelcodeH55 - Social Security and Public Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeJ14 - Economics of the Elderly • Economics of the Handicapped • Non-Labor Market Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits • Retirement Plans • Private Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeJ33 - Compensation Packages • Payment Methods
dc.subject.keywordsCOVID-19;Salvadoran pension system;Early Withdrawals;Impactevaluation;Pension reform
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01393
idb.operationRG-K1198
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