Author : Samuel Pienknagura
Release : 2021-09-10
Genre : Business & Economics
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Assessing Chile's Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Assessing Chile's Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options write by Samuel Pienknagura. This book was released on 2021-09-10. Assessing Chile's Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chile’s pension system came under close scrutiny in recent years. This paper takes stock of the adequacy of the system and highlights its challenges. Chile’s defined contribution system was quite influential when introduced, and was taken as an example by other countries. However, it is now delivering low replacement rates relative to OECD peers, as its parameters did not adapt over time to changing demographics and global returns, while informality persists in the labor market. In the absence of reforms, the system’s inability to deliver adequate outcomes for a large share of participants will continue to magnify, as demographic trends and low global interest rates will continue to reduce replacement rates. In addition, recent legislation allowing for pension savings withdrawals to counter the effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, is projected to further reduce replacement rates and increase fiscal costs. A substantial improvement in replacement rates is feasible, via a reform that raises contribution rates and the retirement age, coupled with policies that increases workers’ contribution density.