Camila Arza
Biographic Data
| ID | 363107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Camila Arza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Camila |
| FAMILY NAME | Arza |
| SIGNATURE | ARZA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3828-7874 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
What Shapes Government Responsiveness to Violence Against Women During Crises? Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Families and the State: A Cross‐Country Comparison of Family Policies in Latin America
Having a child increases the demands on families' material and time resources. How much does the state contribute to meeting these needs? This article offers a new comparative analysis of the scope and strength of family policies in Latin America, including family allowances, cash transfers, childbirth paid leave, and ECEC services. It gets over existing data limitations using new indicators that capture the coverage and generosity of family poli…
The Slow and Reluctant Development of Social Citizenship in Latin America
This chapter puts the region’s social protection policy models into historical, political, and social context. It distinguishes four major stages in Latin American welfare state models, clearly associated with four stages in Latin American state-building: the minimalist “welfare” state of the primary export period; the contribution-based welfare state under the import substitution model; the turn to the reluctant welfare state and the introductio…
Section Overview: Governance and Management of Social Policy in Latin America
This chapter presents the Latin American section and provides an overview of its main findings. It discusses the governance and management for social policy in a region with high levels of inequality, informal employment, low fiscal efforts, and major weaknesses in terms of social risks and state capacity. Besides these similarities, wide variations also exist in social policy regimes across countries in terms of governance, administrative arrang…
Pension Policy and the State
Over the 20th century, the state has acquired a prominent role in the administration of old-age pensions in Latin America, expanding legal coverage to the majority of the employed population. However, gaps in effective coverage remained large as a result of the high incidence of informal work. Over the last two decades of the 20th century, the almost exclusive role of the state in old-age protection was deeply challenged. Starting with Chile in 1…
Basic Old‐Age Protection in Latin America: Noncontributory Pensions, Coverage Expansion Strategies, and Aging Patterns across Countries
Handbook on Gender and Social Policy
Did recent social policy expansion entail positive changes for women and for gender equality in Latin America? This chapter argues that, overall, this expansion brought good news for women’s visibility as subjects of policy but a more mixed record in whether state programmes reinforced or contributed to alter gender inequality in the region. On the one hand, policy developments increased the proportion of women with their own incomes, improved wo…
Child‐centered social policies in Argentina: Expansion, segmentation, and social stratification
Over the last two decades or so, social policy has expanded in many Latin American countries. In Argentina, public social expenditures increased, and new social programs were implemented to extend access to previously excluded populations. These developments also involved three child‐centered social policies: child benefits in cash, maternal and infant health care, and early child education and care. Looking at key institutional features of new p…
Cash transfers for families and children in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: Segmented Expansion or Universal Benefits
Over the past two decades, most Latin American countries have developed cash transfer programmes for poor and low income families not covered by the social security system. These programmes now benefit about 127 million people throughout Latin America and in some countries they include more children than the family allowances of the social insurance system. How have these innovations changed the structure of child benefits in Latin America? This …
Non-Contributory Benefits, Pension Re-Reforms and the Social Protection of Older Women in Latin America
Gender inequalities are a key issue for most pension systems in Latin America. Contributory pension schemes that link benefit entitlements to work and earnings tend to reflect in the benefits they offer the gender gaps that prevail in the labour market. This deepened with the implementation of individual private accounts as part of structural pension reforms in a number of countries. This article evaluates how recent pension policies, including m…
The politics of counter‐reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse, and policy performance
Arza C. The politics of counter‐reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse, and policy performance In November 2008, the Argentine National Congress passed a bill drafted by the executive branch to reform the country's pension system. The law eliminated the fully funded pension accounts created in 1993/94 and transferred all participants in that system to a pre‐existing pay‐as‐you‐go pension system. On the basis of debate…
Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage
One of the main challenges facing social policy in Latin American is to guarantee social security coverage for the entire population in the presence of a large informal sector. In Argentina, a regional pioneer in terms of the development of its pension system, more than one third of those of retirement age were without benefits in 2005. Since then, considerable progress has been made in extending coverage thanks to the introduction of a programme…
The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Europe
The Limits of Pension Privatization: Lessons from Argentine Experience
Pension Reform in Latin America: Distributional Principles, Inequalities and Alternative Policy Options
During the 1990s a wave of major structural reforms that changed the distributional principles underpinning pension policies spread across Latin America. Outcomes were not always as expected. The implementation of new pension rules in the socio-economic, political and institutional context of Latin America has resulted in a number of inequalities which affect pension system performance and the gains that different income groups and generations ma…
Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes
1. Introduction: The Political Economy pf Pension Reform Camila Arza and Martin Kohli Part I. The Politics of Pension Reform 2. The 'New Politics' of Pension Reforms in Continental Europe David Natali and Martin Rhodes 3. Between Conflict and Consensus: The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Regimes Martin Schludi 4. How do Politicians get Away with Path-Breaking Pension Reforms? The Political Psychology of Pension Reform In Democracies Einar Overbye …
Distributional Impacts of Pension Policy in Argentina
Historically speaking, social security systems are a recent development. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was limited state social intervention in the developed world, and even less in Latin America. A remarkable expansion of “social rights” took place in the second half of the century. By the 1970s most Latin American countries had set up at least some form of old-age protection, while others had already developed a wide welfare …
Distributional Impacts of Pension Policy in Argentina: Winners and Losers within and Across Generations
The paper deals with the life-cycle intra- and intergenerational income transfers operated by the pension system in Argentina by estimating the internal rates of return obtained by different generations and types of workers from their participation in the system. The empirical analysis confirms that earlier generations of workers benefited from higher social security returns than later generations, which retired under a matured system with large …
The politics of counter‐reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse, and policy performance
Arza C. The politics of counter‐reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse, and policy performance In November 2008, the Argentine National Congress passed a bill drafted by the executive branch to reform the country's pension system. The law eliminated the fully funded pension accounts created in 1993/94 and transferred all participants in that system to a pre‐existing pay‐as‐you‐go pension system. On the basis of debate…
Cash transfers for families and children in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: Segmented Expansion or Universal Benefits
Over the past two decades, most Latin American countries have developed cash transfer programmes for poor and low income families not covered by the social security system. These programmes now benefit about 127 million people throughout Latin America and in some countries they include more children than the family allowances of the social insurance system. How have these innovations changed the structure of child benefits in Latin America? This …
The Limits of Pension Privatization: Lessons from Argentine Experience
Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage
One of the main challenges facing social policy in Latin American is to guarantee social security coverage for the entire population in the presence of a large informal sector. In Argentina, a regional pioneer in terms of the development of its pension system, more than one third of those of retirement age were without benefits in 2005. Since then, considerable progress has been made in extending coverage thanks to the introduction of a programme…
Non-Contributory Benefits, Pension Re-Reforms and the Social Protection of Older Women in Latin America
Gender inequalities are a key issue for most pension systems in Latin America. Contributory pension schemes that link benefit entitlements to work and earnings tend to reflect in the benefits they offer the gender gaps that prevail in the labour market. This deepened with the implementation of individual private accounts as part of structural pension reforms in a number of countries. This article evaluates how recent pension policies, including m…
Basic Old‐Age Protection in Latin America: Noncontributory Pensions, Coverage Expansion Strategies, and Aging Patterns across Countries
Pension Reform in Latin America: Distributional Principles, Inequalities and Alternative Policy Options
During the 1990s a wave of major structural reforms that changed the distributional principles underpinning pension policies spread across Latin America. Outcomes were not always as expected. The implementation of new pension rules in the socio-economic, political and institutional context of Latin America has resulted in a number of inequalities which affect pension system performance and the gains that different income groups and generations ma…
Distributional Impacts of Pension Policy in Argentina: Winners and Losers within and Across Generations
The paper deals with the life-cycle intra- and intergenerational income transfers operated by the pension system in Argentina by estimating the internal rates of return obtained by different generations and types of workers from their participation in the system. The empirical analysis confirms that earlier generations of workers benefited from higher social security returns than later generations, which retired under a matured system with large …
Child‐centered social policies in Argentina: Expansion, segmentation, and social stratification
Over the last two decades or so, social policy has expanded in many Latin American countries. In Argentina, public social expenditures increased, and new social programs were implemented to extend access to previously excluded populations. These developments also involved three child‐centered social policies: child benefits in cash, maternal and infant health care, and early child education and care. Looking at key institutional features of new p…
Distributional Impacts of Pension Policy in Argentina
Historically speaking, social security systems are a recent development. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was limited state social intervention in the developed world, and even less in Latin America. A remarkable expansion of “social rights” took place in the second half of the century. By the 1970s most Latin American countries had set up at least some form of old-age protection, while others had already developed a wide welfare …
Distributional Impacts of Pension Policy in Argentina
Historically speaking, social security systems are a recent development. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was limited state social intervention in the developed world, and even less in Latin America. A remarkable expansion of “social rights” took place in the second half of the century. By the 1970s most Latin American countries had set up at least some form of old-age protection, while others had already developed a wide welfare …
Distributional Impacts of Pension Policy in Argentina: Winners and Losers within and Across Generations
The paper deals with the life-cycle intra- and intergenerational income transfers operated by the pension system in Argentina by estimating the internal rates of return obtained by different generations and types of workers from their participation in the system. The empirical analysis confirms that earlier generations of workers benefited from higher social security returns than later generations, which retired under a matured system with large …
Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes
1. Introduction: The Political Economy pf Pension Reform Camila Arza and Martin Kohli Part I. The Politics of Pension Reform 2. The 'New Politics' of Pension Reforms in Continental Europe David Natali and Martin Rhodes 3. Between Conflict and Consensus: The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Regimes Martin Schludi 4. How do Politicians get Away with Path-Breaking Pension Reforms? The Political Psychology of Pension Reform In Democracies Einar Overbye …
The Limits of Pension Privatization: Lessons from Argentine Experience
Pension Reform in Latin America: Distributional Principles, Inequalities and Alternative Policy Options
During the 1990s a wave of major structural reforms that changed the distributional principles underpinning pension policies spread across Latin America. Outcomes were not always as expected. The implementation of new pension rules in the socio-economic, political and institutional context of Latin America has resulted in a number of inequalities which affect pension system performance and the gains that different income groups and generations ma…
The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Europe
The politics of counter‐reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse, and policy performance
Arza C. The politics of counter‐reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse, and policy performance In November 2008, the Argentine National Congress passed a bill drafted by the executive branch to reform the country's pension system. The law eliminated the fully funded pension accounts created in 1993/94 and transferred all participants in that system to a pre‐existing pay‐as‐you‐go pension system. On the basis of debate…
Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage
One of the main challenges facing social policy in Latin American is to guarantee social security coverage for the entire population in the presence of a large informal sector. In Argentina, a regional pioneer in terms of the development of its pension system, more than one third of those of retirement age were without benefits in 2005. Since then, considerable progress has been made in extending coverage thanks to the introduction of a programme…
Non-Contributory Benefits, Pension Re-Reforms and the Social Protection of Older Women in Latin America
Gender inequalities are a key issue for most pension systems in Latin America. Contributory pension schemes that link benefit entitlements to work and earnings tend to reflect in the benefits they offer the gender gaps that prevail in the labour market. This deepened with the implementation of individual private accounts as part of structural pension reforms in a number of countries. This article evaluates how recent pension policies, including m…
Handbook on Gender and Social Policy
Did recent social policy expansion entail positive changes for women and for gender equality in Latin America? This chapter argues that, overall, this expansion brought good news for women’s visibility as subjects of policy but a more mixed record in whether state programmes reinforced or contributed to alter gender inequality in the region. On the one hand, policy developments increased the proportion of women with their own incomes, improved wo…
Child‐centered social policies in Argentina: Expansion, segmentation, and social stratification
Over the last two decades or so, social policy has expanded in many Latin American countries. In Argentina, public social expenditures increased, and new social programs were implemented to extend access to previously excluded populations. These developments also involved three child‐centered social policies: child benefits in cash, maternal and infant health care, and early child education and care. Looking at key institutional features of new p…
Cash transfers for families and children in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: Segmented Expansion or Universal Benefits
Over the past two decades, most Latin American countries have developed cash transfer programmes for poor and low income families not covered by the social security system. These programmes now benefit about 127 million people throughout Latin America and in some countries they include more children than the family allowances of the social insurance system. How have these innovations changed the structure of child benefits in Latin America? This …
Basic Old‐Age Protection in Latin America: Noncontributory Pensions, Coverage Expansion Strategies, and Aging Patterns across Countries
The Slow and Reluctant Development of Social Citizenship in Latin America
This chapter puts the region’s social protection policy models into historical, political, and social context. It distinguishes four major stages in Latin American welfare state models, clearly associated with four stages in Latin American state-building: the minimalist “welfare” state of the primary export period; the contribution-based welfare state under the import substitution model; the turn to the reluctant welfare state and the introductio…
Section Overview: Governance and Management of Social Policy in Latin America
This chapter presents the Latin American section and provides an overview of its main findings. It discusses the governance and management for social policy in a region with high levels of inequality, informal employment, low fiscal efforts, and major weaknesses in terms of social risks and state capacity. Besides these similarities, wide variations also exist in social policy regimes across countries in terms of governance, administrative arrang…
Pension Policy and the State
Over the 20th century, the state has acquired a prominent role in the administration of old-age pensions in Latin America, expanding legal coverage to the majority of the employed population. However, gaps in effective coverage remained large as a result of the high incidence of informal work. Over the last two decades of the 20th century, the almost exclusive role of the state in old-age protection was deeply challenged. Starting with Chile in 1…
Families and the State: A Cross‐Country Comparison of Family Policies in Latin America
Having a child increases the demands on families' material and time resources. How much does the state contribute to meeting these needs? This article offers a new comparative analysis of the scope and strength of family policies in Latin America, including family allowances, cash transfers, childbirth paid leave, and ECEC services. It gets over existing data limitations using new indicators that capture the coverage and generosity of family poli…
What Shapes Government Responsiveness to Violence Against Women During Crises? Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Economics (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Pension (11 works) · Latin Americans (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (9 works) · Finance (8 works) · Finance (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Development economics (7 works)