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{"title":"Minimizing inequality in the financing of Argentina’s pension system: Modelling three scenarios","authors":"Milva Geri,&nbsp;Guillermo Durand,&nbsp;Fernando Lago","doi":"10.1111/issr.12267","DOIUrl":"10.1111/issr.12267","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One mechanism for influencing income redistribution through a pension system is to incorporate non-contributory financing. Using mathematic modelling tools, this study compares two arrangements for financing Argentina’s pension system that emerged from an optimization exercise. One arrangement permits financing through income tax and the other does not. The former is found to be preferable in terms of equality and proves robust to changes in the investment rate and the inequality aversion parameter. The use of mathematical modelling tools by decision-makers with access to sufficient high-quality data would allow for a credible assessment of the extent to which a particular parametric reform might (or might not) contribute to improved income distribution.</p><p>Un des mécanismes visant à influencer la redistribution du revenu via un système de pensions consiste à introduire un financement non contributif. En utilisant des outils de modélisation mathématique, cette étude compare deux mécanismes de financement du système de pensions argentin obtenus à la suite d’un exercice d’optimisation. L’un d’entre eux permet un financement via l’impôt sur le revenu, contrairement à l’autre. Ce dernier se révèle préférable en matière d’égalité et résiste aux changements de taux d’investissement et au paramètre lié à l’aversion à l’inégalité. Le recours aux outils de modélisation mathématique par les décideurs, combiné à l’accès à un nombre suffisant de données de haute qualité, permettrait d’évaluer de manière crédible dans quelle mesure une réforme paramétrique particulière pourrait (ou non) contribuer à l’amélioration de la répartition des revenus.</p><p>Uno de los mecanismos para incidir en la redistribución de los ingresos mediante un sistema de pensiones consiste en incorporar un régimen de financiación no contributivo. En este estudio, en el que se emplean herramientas de modelización matemática, se comparan dos regímenes para la financiación del sistema de pensiones de la Argentina, que se plantearon tras un ejercicio de optimización. Uno de los regímenes incorpora la financiación con cargo a los impuestos y el otro no. Se llega a la conclusión de que el primer régimen es preferible desde el punto de vista de la igualdad y proporciona mayor estabilidad ante los cambios en la tasa de inversión y frente al parámetro de aversión a la desigualdad. El empleo de herramientas de modelización matemática por parte de los responsables de la formulación de políticas, con acceso a datos suficientes y de calidad, permitiría evaluar con fiabilidad en qué medida una reforma paramétrica podría (o no) contribuir a mejorar la distribución de los ingresos.</p><p>Ein Mechanismus, mit dem sich die Einkommensumverteilung durch Rentensysteme beeinflussen lässt, besteht darin, dass man eine beitragsunabhängige Finanzierung hinzunimmt. Diese Studie vergleicht anhand mathematischer Modellierungsinstrumente zwei Ansätze zur Finanzierung des argentinischen Rentensystems, die sich","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12267","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43320430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum: What are the effects of cash transfers for refugees in the context of protracted displacement? Findings from Jordan","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/issr.12272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12272","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In Hagen-Zanker et al., <span>2018</span>, the acknowledgements were incomplete. They should be:</p><p>This journal article draws on the ODI report: <b>Hagen-Zanker, J. et al.,</b> 2017. <i>Cash transfers for refugees. The economic and social effects of a programme in Jordan</i>. London, Overseas Development Institute. Thank you to the many Syrian refugees and key informants who participated in this study, and to Aya Consultancy for coordinating and conducting the fieldwork. Many thanks to Zina Nimeh and Hanna Roeth, who conducted a mapping of social protection and humanitarian assistance in Jordan; and in particular Zina Nimeh also provided additional context and advice. Thanks also to colleagues who provided valuable feedback during the research and to Markus Loewe and Fabio Veras Silva for feedback on an earlier draft of this article. All remaining errors are our own.</p>","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12272","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137824651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pension coverage extension as social innovation in Zambia: Informal economy workers’ perceptions and needs","authors":"Jairous Joseph Miti,&nbsp;Mikko Perkiö,&nbsp;Anna Metteri,&nbsp;Salla Atkins","doi":"10.1111/issr.12264","DOIUrl":"10.1111/issr.12264","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With the enactment of Statutory Instrument No. 72 (2019), Zambia is extending pension coverage to workers in the informal economy. We present evidence on the experiences and perspectives of domestic workers and bus and taxi drivers regarding pension scheme coverage in Zambia. We use data generated through interviews and focus group discussions. The analysis shows that pension schemes, as conventionally designed for formal economy employees, are not compatible with the values, beliefs and needs of informal economy workers, and pension coverage was not a priority for them. As a form of social innovation, extending access to pension coverage had a lower relative advantage and lacked incentives to attract informal economy workers. We propose a member-centred framework for initiating the extension of social security coverage to informal economy workers.</p><p>Avec l’adoption de l’Instrument statutaire n° 72 (2019), la Zambie étend la couverture du régime de retraite aux travailleurs de l’économie informelle. Nous présentons des données probantes sur les expériences et perspectives des travailleurs domestiques et des conducteurs de bus et de taxi en ce qui concerne la couverture du régime de pensions en Zambie. Nous utilisons des données issues d’entretiens et de discussions au sein de groupes focaux. L’analyse révèle que les régimes de pensions, conçus traditionnellement pour les employés de l’économie formelle, ne sont pas compatibles avec les valeurs, convictions et besoins des travailleurs de l’économie informelle, et que la couverture du régime de pensions ne figure pas parmi leurs priorités. En tant qu’innovation sociale, l’extension de l’accès à la couverture du régime de pensions affichait un avantage relatif faible et manquait d’attractivité pour les travailleurs de l’économie informelle. Nous proposons un cadre centré sur le membre pour étendre la couverture de sécurité sociale aux travailleurs de l’économie informelle.</p><p>Con la promulgación del instrumento legislativo núm. 72 (2019), Zambia extiende la cobertura de las pensiones a los trabajadores de la economía informal. En este artículo se facilita información sobre las experiencias y perspectivas de los trabajadores domésticos y de los conductores de autobuses y taxis en relación con la cobertura del sistema de pensiones de Zambia. Se emplean datos generados a partir de entrevistas y grupos de discusión. El análisis demuestra que los sistemas de pensiones, diseñados normalmente para las personas empleadas de la economía formal, no son compatibles con los valores, las creencias y las necesidades de los trabajadores informales, y que la cobertura de las pensiones no es una prioridad para ellos. Como forma de innovación social, mejorar el acceso a las pensiones ha supuesto un beneficio relativo y ha carecido de incentivos para atraer a los trabajadores informales. En este artículo se propone un marco centrado en los miembros para iniciar la extensión de la cobertura de seguridad socia","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12264","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44331343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme in the lives of children and adults with disabilities: Disaggregated analysis of a community randomized controlled trial","authors":"Richard de Groot,&nbsp;Tia Palermo,&nbsp;Lena Morgon Banks,&nbsp;Hannah Kuper","doi":"10.1111/issr.12265","DOIUrl":"10.1111/issr.12265","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Globally, people with disabilities are disproportionally affected by poverty. Social protection policies, including cash transfers, are key strategies to address poverty “in all its forms”, but it is currently unclear how such programmes affect people with disabilities. This study examines differences in the impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme (CGP) on food security, health, education and livelihoods between people with and without disabilities using data from a community randomized control trial. Overall, this study finds the CGP had significant and differential impacts for people with disabilities across multiple health indicators (e.g. increased health expenditures, self-rated health, likelihood of seeking healthcare). The CGP also had an impact on food security, decreasing the number of months households with and without members with disabilities faced extreme food shortages. There was also a modest but significant and differential impact of the CGP on the engagement of people with disabilities in paid work. The CGP only had an impact on school enrolment for children without disabilities, however the difference in impact was non-significant and likely due to underpowered sample sizes. Overall, people with disabilities receiving the CGP still experienced high levels of absolute deprivation, and were generally still worse off compared to people without disabilities, indicating a need for adapted or complementary social protection and other poverty alleviation programmes.</p>","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46846979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The sustainability of China’s Urban Employees’ Pension Programme: A case of getting old before getting rich?","authors":"M. Cousins","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12257","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"China: Towards the introduction of dependency/long‐term care insurance","authors":"J. Gruat, Shih Chuan","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12259","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"KeqingHan. Social welfare in transitional China. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 405 pp. (Sociology, Media and Journalism in China). ISBN 978‐981‐329‐660‐2.","authors":"M. Cousins","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12261","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lessons from China on different approaches to pension coverage extension","authors":"Litao Zhao, Xiaobin He","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12255","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Issue Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/issr.12238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12238","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43617231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acknowledgements","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/issr.12262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12262","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45544717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}