Old age and survivors
Some of the earliest forms of welfare state policy were provisions for aging and benefits for family members of workers who experienced work-related deaths. Today, old-age pensions are the most widespread social security programs around the world.
One of the most comprehensive sources of comparative data for old age and survivor policies is the Social Security Programs Throughout the World series of reports and website maintained by the Social Security Administration of the United States. Many of the pre-internet reports are available as scanned books maintained by the Haithi Trust. Additionally,the International Labour Organization (ILO) offers pension legislation for all its member states in the ILO Legislative Series, which covers the period from 1919 to 1988.
Indicator name* | Subcategory I | Subcategory II | Subcategory III | Technical name* | Scale* | Short description | Data origin* |
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Year of introduction of old-age pension program | Old-age | Introduction | old_pension_firstlaw | Date | Original CRC Data | ||
Design of old-age pension program | Old-age | Design | old_pension_firstlaw_design | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Design of old-age pension program, second pillar | Old-age | Design | old_pension_firstlaw_design2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Mode of financing of old-age pension program, aggregate | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_sum | Ordinal | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, state | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_state | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employer | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employer | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employee | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employee | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, state 1 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_state1 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employer 1 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employer1 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employee 1 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employee1 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, only | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_only | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, state 2 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_state2 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employer 2 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employer2 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employee 2 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employee2 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employer 3 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employer3 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Financing of old-age pension program, employee 3 | Old-age | Financing | old_pension_fin_employee3 | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, aggregate | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_sum | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, age | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_age | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, wage | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_wage | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, relatives | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_rel | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, other pensions | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_opension | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, firm size | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_firm | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Restrictions of old-age pension coverage, geography | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_rest_geo | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, aggregate | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_tot | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, horizontal | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_hori | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, vertical | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_verti | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, agriculture 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_agri1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, extractive and manufacturing industry 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_exmain1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, commerce and finance 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_comfin1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, students and apprentices 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_studapp1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, domestic and family workers 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_domwork1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, home workers 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_homework1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, employers 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_employer1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, self-employed 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_selfemp1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, temporary and seasonal workers 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_tempwork1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, foreign workers 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_foreign1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, all citizens 1 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_citizens1 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, agriculture 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_agri2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, extractive and manufacturing industry 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_exmain2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, commerce and finance 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_comfin2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, students and apprentices 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_studapp2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, domestic and family workers 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_domwork2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, home workers 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_homework2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, employers 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_employer2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, self-employed 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_selfemp2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, temporary and seasonal workers 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_tempwork2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, foreign workers 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_foreign2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Coverage of old-age pension, all citizens 2 | Old-age | Coverage | old_pension_cov_citizens2 | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Regular retirement age, male | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_agereg_m | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Regular retirement age, female | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_agereg_f | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Maximal retirement age, male | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_agemax_m | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Maximal retirement age, female | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_agemax_f | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Number of regular contribution months, male | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_contrireg_m | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Number of regular contribution months, female | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_contrireg_f | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Existence of retirement requirement | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_emplceas | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Number of eligibility criteria, aggregate | Old-age | Eligibility criteria | old_pension_agecont_sum | Multinomial | Original CRC Data | ||
Regular benefit of old-age pension program, average workers | Old-age | Benefits | old_pension_reprate | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Minimal benefit of old-age pension program | Old-age | Benefits | old_pension_reprate_min | Metric | Original CRC Data | ||
Maximal benefit of old-age pension program | Old-age | Benefits | old_pension_reprate_max | Metric | Original CRC Data |