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The 2008 Chilean Reform to First-Pillar Pensions

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Chile approved in early 2008 the replacement of her two current non-contributory subsidies for the old poor for a unified program with a pioneering design, with phase-in ending in 2012. This paper describes the political economy of this reform and evaluates it with regards to efficiency and equity. The design is analogous to one adopted in Finland in 1957, with two differences: First, the subsidy withdrawal rate in response to the individual’s contributory pension benefit is lower, about 30% rather than 50%. Second, preserving a tradition introduced in 1975, benefits are also withdrawn in response to per capita household income.

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  • Salvador Valdés-Prieto, 2009. "The 2008 Chilean Reform to First-Pillar Pensions," CESifo Working Paper Series 2520, CESifo.
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    1. Carrera, Leandro & Angelaki, Marina, 2021. "Bringing back the state: understanding varieties of pension re-reforms in Latin America," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 112478, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Salvador Valdés, 2008. "A Theory of Noncontributory Pension Design," Documentos de Trabajo 335, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile..

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    Keywords

    social security; welfare programs; political economy of reform;
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    JEL classification:

    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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