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Efficiency of Private Pension Funds in Poland

open access: yesAESTIMATIO, 2015
Krzysztof Kompa, Dorota Witkowska
openaire   +1 more source

Taiwan: Compulsory Occupational Pensions Still Dominate [PDF]

open access: yes
The compulsory occupational pension and insurance system, along with personal savings and family supports, form the backbone of social security in Taiwan.
Chiu, Shean-Bii
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Product churn, tastes, and price indices

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Price indices commonly used to measure inflation do not account for the entry and exit of products nor for systemic changes in consumer preferences over time. Recent developments in the theory of price indices show that these issues have significant impacts on the growth of prices that consumers experience.
Hao Lan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health financing policies for aging populations: a comparative study of seven countries. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Health Serv Res
Nayebi BA   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Who Makes the Far Right? Exploring Membership Application Data of the National Front of Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This paper addresses a problem for scholars examining the question of who supports far right political parties or movements. Due to the semi‐clandestine or oppositional nature of far right groups, historians, as well as those in adjacent disciplines, have often been unable to gain access to sufficient records or data to conduct analysis of who supports
Evan Smith, Lauren Pikó
wiley   +1 more source

Supervising mandatory funded pension systems: issues and challenges

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The regulation and supervision of pension funds is a critical part of building public confidence in a funded-pension system. This paper argues that confidence is best bolstered by an independent, autonomous and transparent supervision agency ...
Demarco, Gustavo   +2 more
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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
wiley   +1 more source

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

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