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Chilean Pension Reform: the Good, the Bad, and the In Between
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Mauricio Soto,
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College,
6/3/2005
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In 1980, the Chilean pension system was in crisis. It was paying more in benefits than it was receiving in contributions, and the projected actuarial imbalance was greater than the country's Gross Domestic Product. The prescribed solution was to radically transform the traditional pay-as-you-go structure to a system based on personal retirement accounts. Nearly 25 years after the reform, it is possible to assess the Chilean experience.
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Link to Issue Brief (PDF)
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Pages: 10
Price: $Free
Ordering Information:
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
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