The impact of a minimum pension on old age poverty and its budgetary cost. Evidence from Latin America

This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum oldage pensions in Latin America using recent household survey data for 18 countries. Alleviatingold age poverty requires different approach from other age groups and a minimum pension islikely to be the only...

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Main Authors: Jean-Jacques Dethier, Pierre Pestieau, Rabia Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Rosario 2011-12-01
Series:Revista de Economía del Rosario
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Online Access:http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/economia/article/view/2155