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Pension Regimes and Saving »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Alfredo Cuevas , George Mackenzie , and Philip Gerson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756404.084
ISBN: 9781557756404
Keywords: pension, retirement, benefits, pensions, pension plans
Public pension systems around the world have been criticized in recent years for some serious flaws, including the excessive burden they impose on the public finances and their depressing impact on saving rates. Th...
Evaluating Unemployment Policies »
Source: Evaluating Unemployment Policies : What Do the Underlying Theories Tell Us?
Volume/Issue: 1995/7
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Dennis Snower
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451842388
Keywords: unemployment, employment, unemployed, unemployment benefits, unemployment rates
The paper surveys unemployment policies for advanced market economies and evaluates them by examining the predictions of the underlying macroeconomic theories. The basic idea is that, for the most part, different u...
Pension Schemes: Trade-Offs Between Redistribution and Saving »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952643
Keywords: pension, benefits, pensions, payroll, pension plans
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The Simple Economics of Benefit Transfers »
Source: The Simple Economics of Benefit Transfers
Volume/Issue: 1995/5
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Dennis Snower
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451842128
Keywords: unemployment, employment, unemployed, unemployment benefits, labor demand
The paper examines the employment and unemployment implications of permitting unemployed people to use part of their unemployment benefits to provide employment vouchers to the firms that hire them. This opportunit...
Searching for the Virtues of the European Model »
Source: Searching for the Virtues of the European Model
Volume/Issue: 1994/46
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Gilles Saint-Paul
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 1994
ISBN: 9781451973853
Keywords: wage, minimum wage, unemployment, unemployed, benefits
The distributional effects of the minimum wage are analyzed in a model where skilled and unskilled labor enter the production function. It is argued that distributional goals are best achieved by letting the labor...
Government Pay Policies and Structural Adjustment »
Source: Government Pay Policies and Structural Adjustment
Volume/Issue: 1988/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 August 1988
ISBN: 9781451958461
Keywords: salary, salaries, compensation, benefits, government pay
The paper provides an overview of the main elements of pay systems that are typically used to remunerate government employees and, with reference to the experience of developed and developing countries, discusses s...
Averting the Old-Age Crisis »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952643
Keywords: pension, benefits, pensions, payroll, pension plans
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Costs of Administering Public and Private Pension Plans »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952643
Keywords: pension, benefits, pensions, payroll, pension plans
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Wage Dispersion and Job Growth in the United States »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952643
Keywords: pension, benefits, pensions, payroll, pension plans
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Asset Prices, Monetary Policy, and the Business Cycle »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952643
Keywords: pension, benefits, pensions, payroll, pension plans
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