Financing of old-age pension program, state

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Binary
Value labels	0 = "No" 1= "Yes" -66 = "Missing value"
Technical name	old_pension_fin_state
Category	Old age and survivors
Label	Financing of old-age pension program, state
Related indicators	old_pension_fin_sum, old_pension_fin_employer, old_pension_fin_employee

This indicator considers whether the state is involved in the financing of the old-age pension program. As many states support pension systems in times of crises, and thus at an irregular interval, this indicator only considers whether the state makes regularly defined contributions to the pension program.

Coding rules

Does the state contribute to the financing of the old-age pension program?

Bibliographic info

Citation: Grünewald, Aline. 2020. "The historical origins of old-age pension schemes: Mapping global patterns." Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy: 1-19. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-international-and-comparative-social-policy/article/abs/historical-origins-of-oldage-pension-schemes/2B14501D496F04C354DE0A32F1C94BE2

Related publications: related publications

Misc

Project manager(s): Aline Grünewald

Data release: data release

Revisions: revisions

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