Questions tagged [pensions]
Questions relating to funds which are filled by employees and paid out to retirees.
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Why does the purchasing power of the pensions for the cadres erode much faster than for the non-cadres in France?
I read on https://www.lamontagne.fr/paris-75000/economie/les-retraites-ont-ils-beaucoup-perdu-en-pouvoir-d-achat-ces-dernieres-annees_14060647/:
le pouvoir d’achat d’un retraité non-cadre du secteur ...
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Is increased retirement age really the reason for 2023 protests in France?
France has one of the world's highest working populations by percentage. Hence, the lack of jobs/unemployment is clearly not the root cause of this problem.
Most protestors are relatively young (20-30 ...
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What are the options for a government facing massive protests over seemingly unsustainable economical measures?
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France is currently facing nationwide strikes due to pension system reformation discussions. According to France24, there seems to be a debate over the opportunity of such a reform:
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Why is there an official retirement age?
France strikes bid to halt Macron's rise in retirement age:
President Macron's reform programme faces a make-or-break moment, as
French unions stage a day of mass strikes and protests on Thursday
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Are Chief Ministers in India entitled to different pension cycles even when their terms are repeating their tenure?
Recently, the Chief Minister of Bihar, India, Mr Nitish Kumar changed the alliance partners and formed a government with the support from a different political party. He'll continue to remain as CM ...
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Did the European Commission officially mention that pensions should obey some sort of contribution-related principle?
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I have watched an interview with a financial expert arguing about the big impact of so-called "special pensions" in Romania (1-2% of GDP). This is confirmed by some politicians that ...
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Have any US states managed to move their public pensions to a 401k-like system?
One can find numerous discussions of switching public pensions to a 401-like plan:
Reform has been the hot topic in the world of public employee retirement plans for years. Too often the conversation ...
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Why do government employees get pension but not those in private sectors in the US? [closed]
What justifies or is the reasoning behind not providing pension for one group of people as a good thing and the exact opposite for a different group of people all at the same time ?
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How can European states have a sustainable retirement system since deteriorating health is associated with the increasing retirement age [closed]
As far as I know, especially across Europe, the retirement age is increasing due to low birth rates and population ageing, the current pension system being unsustainable in this situation.
But this ...
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How did the Hungarian government manage to persuade people to prefer first (state) pension pillar instead of the second one?
I have recently saw an interview related to the second pension pillar in Romania. The Government was discussing moving contributions from the second pillar to the first one. Eventually the Government ...
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Why do government employees have a separate pensions fund?
In many countries government employees have a separate pension fund that pays out better than the one accessible to the general public. Likewise civil servants often go into retirement earlier than ...
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Do any countries have a pensions system funded entirely by past contributions, rather than current taxes?
The pensions systems that I'm familiar with usually work as following:
Workers pay a tax on their salaries
The government uses that money to fund the pensions of current retirees
When the current ...
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Do any countries besides the UK have a "triple lock" on pensions?
The Economist wrote before the 2017 UK general election:
The average incomes of retired households are now higher than those of working ones, once housing costs are accounted for. Small wonder that ...
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Why does the UK have to pay EU staff pensions if the EU have been collecting pensions contributions? [duplicate]
Why does the UK have to pay EU staff pensions if the EU have been collecting pensions contributions?
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Pensions of British EU Civil Service in Theresa May's brexit deal
Back in 2016, there was disagreement over who would foot the bill for pensions paid out to British members of EU Civil Service. Normally, they would get their pensions from the EU, but due to brexit ...
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