Rise and Fall of the Privatized Pension System in Chile - An International Perspective

'The Rise and Fall of the Privatized Pension System in Chile' analyses the Chilean experience with a privatised pension system and examines its impact on pension levels for the ageing population, differences in benefits across different groups, impact on local capital markets, savings redistribution to big corporations and foreign countries, and high profit rates for pension fund managing companies.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 An Overview of Social Security: Purposes, Modalities and Historical Evolution; 3 The Rise and Fall of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe; The Evolution of Social Protection and Pension Systems in Chile from the 19th Century until Its Privatization in the 1980s; Empirical Elements for Evaluating the Privatized Chilean Pension System; 6 Synthesis and Conclusions: Reform Paralysis and the Road to De-privatization; References; Index.

About the author

Andrés Solimano holds a PhD in economics from MIT and is founder and president of the International Center for Globalisation and Development.

Product details

• Authors: Andres Solimano, Andrés Solimano
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781839994807
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-480-7
• No. of pages: 122
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development economics and emerging economies, Welfare & benefit systems, Social welfare and social services; Globalization, Social welfare, social policy and social services