Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation

The present paper estimates the effect over participation outcomes of the new reform to the pension system made in Chile in 2008, using a difference in difference matching estimation. The main results found that the treated group shows a higher withdrawal from the labor market and that they worked a...

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Autor principal: Encina,Jenny
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Publicado: Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-528620130001000042013-07-24Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching EstimationEncina,Jenny Pension System retirement contributions The present paper estimates the effect over participation outcomes of the new reform to the pension system made in Chile in 2008, using a difference in difference matching estimation. The main results found that the treated group shows a higher withdrawal from the labor market and that they worked an average of 8 percentage points (pp) fewer months than the control group in 2009. The treated group also contributed 18 pp fewer months than the control group, and they have, on average, 6 pp more months in inactive status. Looking at the difference in per capita income, the treated group has an average of US$34 more per month than the control group in 2009.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Chile. Departamento de EconomíaEstudios de economía v.40 n.1 20132013-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-52862013000100004en10.4067/S0718-52862013000100004
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retirement contributions
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Encina,Jenny
Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation
description The present paper estimates the effect over participation outcomes of the new reform to the pension system made in Chile in 2008, using a difference in difference matching estimation. The main results found that the treated group shows a higher withdrawal from the labor market and that they worked an average of 8 percentage points (pp) fewer months than the control group in 2009. The treated group also contributed 18 pp fewer months than the control group, and they have, on average, 6 pp more months in inactive status. Looking at the difference in per capita income, the treated group has an average of US$34 more per month than the control group in 2009.
author Encina,Jenny
author_facet Encina,Jenny
author_sort Encina,Jenny
title Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation
title_short Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation
title_full Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation
title_fullStr Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation
title_full_unstemmed Pension Reform in Chile: A Difference in Difference Matching Estimation
title_sort pension reform in chile: a difference in difference matching estimation
publisher Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía
publishDate 2013
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-52862013000100004
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