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Modelling structural breaks in social cash transfers effects on poverty and inequality reduction in Africa: A case of Nigeria

Scientific African
Poverty and inequality have become persistent challenges, hindering sustainable growth in African countries. Against this backdrop, the Nigerian government introduced social cash transfer (SCT) programmes to provide targeted financial assistance to ...
Rufus Adebayo Ajisafe, Solomon Oluwaseun Okunade, Musbau Olaniyan Fatai   +2 more
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Can a Small Social Pension Promote Labor Force Participation? Evidence from the Colombia Mayor Program

Economía, 2019
One of the primary motivations behind the establishment of noncontributory pension programs is to allow beneficiaries to retire from the labor force. Yet their aggregate effects may be more complex.
Tobias Pfutze, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán   +1 more
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Un repaso sobre las políticas de protección social y la distribución del ingreso en Argentina

Económica, 2012
Este artículo parte de las tendencias observadas en la desigualdad en la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza y discute su relación con las políticas de protección social en Argentina y sus recientes reformas.
Rafael Rofman, María Laura Oliveri
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Le prospettive demografiche, l’edilizia residenziale e i fattori finanziari:la proposta di un nuovo strumento finanziario, il “MIpAIo” (Demographic Perspectives, Financial Factors and the Residential Building Sector: A New Financial Instrument)

Moneta e Credito, 2012
The paper deals with financial and demographic factors influencing the Italian residential building sector during the next decades. In particular, it is shown that, due to the reduction of public pensions coverage, many elderly people will enjoy ...
Alberto Niccoli
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Spesa pensionistica:quanto conta la crescita economica? (Paying for Pensions: How Important Is Economic Growth? )

Moneta e Credito, 2012
This paper focuses on the scope for a higher level of output and faster productivity growth to ease future fiscal pressures stemming from demographic developments in OECD countries over the next fifty years.
Ignazio Visco
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Has the minimum wage policy been important for reducing poverty in Brazil? A decomposition analysis for the period from 2002 to 2013

EconomiA, 2019
This study aims to analyze the contribution of the minimum wage valorization policy to the reduction in poverty that occurred in the first decade of the 21st century in Brazil, considering not only the incidence of poverty but also its intensity and ...
Alessandra Scalioni Brito, Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky   +1 more
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A Universal Strategy for the Efficient Expression of Nanobodies in Pichia pastoris

Fermentation
In recent years, nanobodies have played an increasingly crucial role in virus neutralization, ELISA detection, and medical imaging. This study aimed to explore a universal expression strategy in Pichia pastoris using three nanobodies, denoted Va, Vb, and
Yiheng Zheng, Bingkun Li, Shida Zhao, Jiawei Liu, Ding Li   +4 more
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The mechanism underlying the impact of financial literacy on the effective demand for third-pillar pension insurance in China

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
To address the low rates of participation in China's third-pillar pension insurance amid intensifying population aging and to promote the sustainable development of the multilevel pension insurance system, this study focuses on residents' microlevel ...
Ping Wang, Chengcheng Huang, Gang Zhou
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Incentivos al trabajo y cobertura de riesgos de los programas de pensiones: el caso de Uruguay

Económica, 2015
Estudios previos han demostrado que en países industrializados las provisiones de seguridad social pueden inducir a un retiro temprano del mercado de trabajo.
Anna Caristo
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Assessing Chile’s Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options

Economía
This paper takes stock of Chile’s defined contribution pension system and assesses reform options aimed at increasing replacement rates. An international comparison shows that, despite being quite influential when established, it is now delivering low ...
Christopher Evans, Samuel Pienknagura
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