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Pension Funds with Automatic Enrollment Schemes : Lessons for Emerging Economies / Rudolph, Heinz P.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Rudolph, Heinz P.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescent Health.
- Automatic Enrollment.
- Capital Flows.
- Capital Markets and Capital Flows.
- Contributory Pensions.
- Emerging Markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- International Economics and Trade.
- Non Bank Financial Institutions.
- Pension Funds.
- Pensions and Retirement Systems.
- Population and Development.
- Social Funds and Pensions.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Local Subjects:
- Adolescent Health.
- Automatic Enrollment.
- Capital Flows.
- Capital Markets and Capital Flows.
- Contributory Pensions.
- Emerging Markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- International Economics and Trade.
- Non Bank Financial Institutions.
- Pension Funds.
- Pensions and Retirement Systems.
- Population and Development.
- Social Funds and Pensions.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages)
- Other Title:
- Pension Funds with Automatic Enrollment Schemes
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Since the introduction of the KiwiSaver scheme in New Zealand in 2006, several countries have implemented, or are in the process of implementing, voluntary funded pension systems with automatic enrollment features. Since most of the literature has focused on countries with the common law tradition, including the United Kingdom and the United States, this note analyzes cases of countries with the civil code tradition, including Turkey, Poland, the Russian Federation, Chile, Brazil, and the Province of Quebec in Canada. This sample includes mostly emerging economies, with reforms at different stages, from those that have already been completed to those that are about to start discussions in their parliaments. Although they are not a substitute for necessary parametric reforms, automatic enrollment schemes offer the possibility of improvements in future retirement income for a significant part of the labor force. This note stresses that the paternalistic approach of automatic enrollment schemes imposes a great degree of responsibility on governments and requires careful consideration of the design of the system, including the industrial organization of the pension fund industry and default investment strategies. Sufficient time and resources for preparing communication and educational campaigns has played a key role in achieving high rates of participation.
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