Robert Holzmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3714520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Holzmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Holzmann |
| SIGNATURE | HOLZMANN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9064-5790 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Progress and Challenges of Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes: Volume 2. Addressing Gender, Administration, and Communication
This is the third publication to analyze progress, challenges, and adjustment options of this \n. reform revolution for mandated public pension schemes. The individual account-based but \nunfunded approach that promises fair and financially sustainable benefits is a reform \nbenchmark for all pension schemes. Nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) schemes \noriginated in the 1990s independently in Italy and Sweden, were then adopted by Latvia, \…
The cross‐border portability of social security benefits: Status and progress
The importance of the cross‐border portability of social benefits is increasing in parallel with the rise in the absolute number of international migrants and their share of the world population, and perhaps more importantly with the much higher and rising share of the world population that for some part of their life is working and/or retiring abroad. This article estimates how the rising stock of migrants is distributed over four key portabilit…
Wirtschaftsethik
The portability of social rights of the United Kingdom with the European Union: Facts, issues, and prospects
The portability of social benefits – such as the state pension, child allowances and unemployment benefits – for international migrants is regulated by social security agreements concluded between countries or at supra-national level, such as within the European Economic Area (EEA). Focusing on the United Kingdom, this article aims at capturing the main issues that have been recently raised by such agreements, with particular emphasis on the case…
The ABCs of nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) schemes
Nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) pension schemes have been successfully implemented since the mid‐1990s in a number of European countries such as Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland and Sweden. The NDC approach features the lifelong contribution–benefit link of a financial defined contribution (FDC) personal account scheme, but is based on the pay‐as‐you‐go (PAYG) format. At its start out, the PAYG commitments of the preceding defined benefit (D…
Betrug und Korruption im Experiment
Do bilateral social security agreements deliver on the portability of pensions and health care benefits? A summary policy paper on four migration corridors between EU and non-EU member states
This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) member and two nonmember states, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are seen as the most important instrument to establish portability of social security benefits for internationally mobile workers. Yet, only about 23 % of inte…
Bilateral social security agreements and pensions portability: A study of four migrant corridors between EU and non‐EU countries
The article summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) members that were undertaken to assess their working and the establishment of benefit portability. BSSAs between migrant‐sending and migrant‐receiving countries are seen as the most important instrument to establish portability of social security benefits for internationally mobile workers. Yet, only about 23 per cent of i…
Wirtschaftsethik
China's Pension System: A Vision
China is at a critical juncture in its economic transition. A comprehensive reform of its pension and social security systems is an essential element of a strategy aimed toward achieving a harmonious society and sustainable development. Among policy makers, a widely held view is that the approach to pension provision and reform efforts piloted over the last 10-15 years is insufficient to enable China's economy and population to realize its develo…
Global pension systems and their reform: Worldwide drivers, trends and challenges
Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by a shifting focus, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment that reflect objective events but also changes in views and perception. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain “new normal” will make future pension systems different from past ones. The objectives of this article are: i) to briefly review recent…
Toward an Objective-Driven System of Smart Labor Migration Management
Social Protections and Labor-Labor Markets Social Protections and Labor-Labor Policies Human Migrations and Resettlements Social Development-Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement International Economics and Trade-International Migration Communities and Human Settlements
The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View - Reply to Comments
We appreciate the careful reading and very thoughtful comments.Both sets of comments raise important and interesting issues that we can only imperfectly respond to given time and space.In our response we highlight three issues: (i) SRM as a conceptual framework; (ii) SRM and chronic poverty; and (iii) SRM, development and growth, and touch briefly on several others
The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View
Old-Age Income Support in the 21st Century: An International Perspective on Pension Systems and Reform
The book has a comprehensive introduction and two main parts. Part I presents the conceptual underpinnings for the Bank's thinking on pension systems and reforms, including structure of Bank lending in this area. Part II highlights key design and implementation issues where it signals areas of confidence and areas for further research and experience, and includes a section on regional reform experiences, including Latin American and Europe and Ce…
Pension Reform in Europe: Process and Progress
Pension reform is an important topic, high on the agendas of most European countries, where countries are profoundly affected by an aging population, the result of lower fertility, and increased life expectancy, changes in family structure, and the effects of globalization. The book presents seven papers on the political economy of European pension reform, where clearly, major reforms are needed, to ensure the sustainability of retirement income …
Gestion du risque social: La Banque mondiale et la protection sociale dans un monde en voie de mondialisation
Robert Holzmann, Lynne Sherburne-Benz and Emil Tesliuc — Management of social risk : the World Bank and social protection in a world of globalisation Social protection is back on the development agenda. Long-time dismissed as ineffective, expensive or even detrimental to development in third-world countries, there is now an increasing understanding that assisting individuals, households and communities in dealing with diverse risks is needed for …
New Ideas about Old Age Security
New Ideas about Old Age Security: Toward Sustainable Pension Systems in the 21st Century
The World Bank Approach to Pension Reform
This paper highlights the World Bank’s thinking and worldwide involvement in pension reform. Both are driven by the Bank’s mandate to help countries develop economically and to reduce poverty. The Bank has four key concerns in working with clients on pension policy: (1) short‐term financing and long‐term financial viability; (2) effects on economic growth; (3) adequacy and other distributive issues; and (4) political risk and sustainability. In r…
Trade Adjustment in Eastern Europe During Transition: The Determined, Sophisticated and Proximate
The transition from plan to market-driven economies of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe implied a major shift in their trade orientation. While before reform almost all trade took place within CMEA, in the mid-1990s trade relations are dominated by the OECD countries. This rapid change raises two questions: To what extent is the trade adjustment already accomplished? In case of a negative response, what factors account for observed difference…
Starting Over in Pensions: The Challenges Facing Central and Eastern Europe 1
All countries in Central and Eastern Europe require rapid and drastic restructuring of their public pension schemes for macro- and microeconomic reasons. While initial considerations were geared towards streamlining the unfunded scheme, reducing many distortions and making it financially sound, some transition economies initiated reform plans for a move from unfunded to funded retirement income provision. The paper reviews the need for reform and…
Social Policy in Transition from Plan to Market
The reforms initiated in Central and Eastern European countries imply dramatic changes at social, economic and political level. The transition from a centrally planned to a market–based economic system requires profound reformation of all economic and social institutions, amongst them, in prominent place, the way social benefits are provided and financed. Social programs in these countries are challenged from two sides: Firstly, they have to prov…
The provision of complementary pensions: Objectives, forms and constraints
In all former centrally planned economies, the question of how to restructure old‐age income provisions and open the way to non‐governmental, complementary pension schemes is being posed. This paper deals with four main areas of that problem. First, the various objectives of public and complementary schemes are discussed. The paper argues that without a broad consensus among the major interested parties there is a considerable danger that envisag…
Pension Policies in OECD Countries: Background, Trends and Implications
Concerns about reforming public pensions schemes are an OECD-wide phenomenon. This paper highlights in a first part the background and various causes of the reform debate, summarized in five broad areas: budgetary, economic, social, population aging, and system maturation. The second part presents major directions of current reform approaches of public pension schemes. Despite the different structure and history of these schemes, the major trends…
The World Bank Approach to Pension Reform
This paper highlights the World Bank’s thinking and worldwide involvement in pension reform. Both are driven by the Bank’s mandate to help countries develop economically and to reduce poverty. The Bank has four key concerns in working with clients on pension policy: (1) short‐term financing and long‐term financial viability; (2) effects on economic growth; (3) adequacy and other distributive issues; and (4) political risk and sustainability. In r…
Global pension systems and their reform: Worldwide drivers, trends and challenges
Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by a shifting focus, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment that reflect objective events but also changes in views and perception. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain “new normal” will make future pension systems different from past ones. The objectives of this article are: i) to briefly review recent…
New Ideas about Old Age Security
Bilateral social security agreements and pensions portability: A study of four migrant corridors between EU and non‐EU countries
The article summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) members that were undertaken to assess their working and the establishment of benefit portability. BSSAs between migrant‐sending and migrant‐receiving countries are seen as the most important instrument to establish portability of social security benefits for internationally mobile workers. Yet, only about 23 per cent of i…
Gestion du risque social: La Banque mondiale et la protection sociale dans un monde en voie de mondialisation
Robert Holzmann, Lynne Sherburne-Benz and Emil Tesliuc — Management of social risk : the World Bank and social protection in a world of globalisation Social protection is back on the development agenda. Long-time dismissed as ineffective, expensive or even detrimental to development in third-world countries, there is now an increasing understanding that assisting individuals, households and communities in dealing with diverse risks is needed for …
The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View
Social Policy in Transition from Plan to Market
The reforms initiated in Central and Eastern European countries imply dramatic changes at social, economic and political level. The transition from a centrally planned to a market–based economic system requires profound reformation of all economic and social institutions, amongst them, in prominent place, the way social benefits are provided and financed. Social programs in these countries are challenged from two sides: Firstly, they have to prov…
Ageing and social-security costs
The cross‐border portability of social security benefits: Status and progress
The importance of the cross‐border portability of social benefits is increasing in parallel with the rise in the absolute number of international migrants and their share of the world population, and perhaps more importantly with the much higher and rising share of the world population that for some part of their life is working and/or retiring abroad. This article estimates how the rising stock of migrants is distributed over four key portabilit…
The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View - Reply to Comments
We appreciate the careful reading and very thoughtful comments.Both sets of comments raise important and interesting issues that we can only imperfectly respond to given time and space.In our response we highlight three issues: (i) SRM as a conceptual framework; (ii) SRM and chronic poverty; and (iii) SRM, development and growth, and touch briefly on several others
On the Quality of Publicly Supplied Goods
We have all worried at some time about the low quality of, and also quality hypertrophies in, public supply. This paper draws attention to a particular second-best solution of this problem: given the political and technological constraints that restrict the ability of public enterprises to quality-differentiate, which kind of standardized quality is the best? Section I answers some basic questions: why is the case of standardized quality of publi…
Ageing and social-security costs
Pension Policies in OECD Countries: Background, Trends and Implications
Concerns about reforming public pensions schemes are an OECD-wide phenomenon. This paper highlights in a first part the background and various causes of the reform debate, summarized in five broad areas: budgetary, economic, social, population aging, and system maturation. The second part presents major directions of current reform approaches of public pension schemes. Despite the different structure and history of these schemes, the major trends…
The provision of complementary pensions: Objectives, forms and constraints
In all former centrally planned economies, the question of how to restructure old‐age income provisions and open the way to non‐governmental, complementary pension schemes is being posed. This paper deals with four main areas of that problem. First, the various objectives of public and complementary schemes are discussed. The paper argues that without a broad consensus among the major interested parties there is a considerable danger that envisag…
Social Policy in Transition from Plan to Market
The reforms initiated in Central and Eastern European countries imply dramatic changes at social, economic and political level. The transition from a centrally planned to a market–based economic system requires profound reformation of all economic and social institutions, amongst them, in prominent place, the way social benefits are provided and financed. Social programs in these countries are challenged from two sides: Firstly, they have to prov…
Starting Over in Pensions: The Challenges Facing Central and Eastern Europe 1
All countries in Central and Eastern Europe require rapid and drastic restructuring of their public pension schemes for macro- and microeconomic reasons. While initial considerations were geared towards streamlining the unfunded scheme, reducing many distortions and making it financially sound, some transition economies initiated reform plans for a move from unfunded to funded retirement income provision. The paper reviews the need for reform and…
Trade Adjustment in Eastern Europe During Transition: The Determined, Sophisticated and Proximate
The transition from plan to market-driven economies of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe implied a major shift in their trade orientation. While before reform almost all trade took place within CMEA, in the mid-1990s trade relations are dominated by the OECD countries. This rapid change raises two questions: To what extent is the trade adjustment already accomplished? In case of a negative response, what factors account for observed difference…
The World Bank Approach to Pension Reform
This paper highlights the World Bank’s thinking and worldwide involvement in pension reform. Both are driven by the Bank’s mandate to help countries develop economically and to reduce poverty. The Bank has four key concerns in working with clients on pension policy: (1) short‐term financing and long‐term financial viability; (2) effects on economic growth; (3) adequacy and other distributive issues; and (4) political risk and sustainability. In r…
New Ideas about Old Age Security: Toward Sustainable Pension Systems in the 21st Century
New Ideas about Old Age Security
Pension Reform in Europe: Process and Progress
Pension reform is an important topic, high on the agendas of most European countries, where countries are profoundly affected by an aging population, the result of lower fertility, and increased life expectancy, changes in family structure, and the effects of globalization. The book presents seven papers on the political economy of European pension reform, where clearly, major reforms are needed, to ensure the sustainability of retirement income …
Gestion du risque social: La Banque mondiale et la protection sociale dans un monde en voie de mondialisation
Robert Holzmann, Lynne Sherburne-Benz and Emil Tesliuc — Management of social risk : the World Bank and social protection in a world of globalisation Social protection is back on the development agenda. Long-time dismissed as ineffective, expensive or even detrimental to development in third-world countries, there is now an increasing understanding that assisting individuals, households and communities in dealing with diverse risks is needed for …
Old-Age Income Support in the 21st Century: An International Perspective on Pension Systems and Reform
The book has a comprehensive introduction and two main parts. Part I presents the conceptual underpinnings for the Bank's thinking on pension systems and reforms, including structure of Bank lending in this area. Part II highlights key design and implementation issues where it signals areas of confidence and areas for further research and experience, and includes a section on regional reform experiences, including Latin American and Europe and Ce…
The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View - Reply to Comments
We appreciate the careful reading and very thoughtful comments.Both sets of comments raise important and interesting issues that we can only imperfectly respond to given time and space.In our response we highlight three issues: (i) SRM as a conceptual framework; (ii) SRM and chronic poverty; and (iii) SRM, development and growth, and touch briefly on several others
The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View
Toward an Objective-Driven System of Smart Labor Migration Management
Social Protections and Labor-Labor Markets Social Protections and Labor-Labor Policies Human Migrations and Resettlements Social Development-Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement International Economics and Trade-International Migration Communities and Human Settlements
China's Pension System: A Vision
China is at a critical juncture in its economic transition. A comprehensive reform of its pension and social security systems is an essential element of a strategy aimed toward achieving a harmonious society and sustainable development. Among policy makers, a widely held view is that the approach to pension provision and reform efforts piloted over the last 10-15 years is insufficient to enable China's economy and population to realize its develo…
Global pension systems and their reform: Worldwide drivers, trends and challenges
Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by a shifting focus, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment that reflect objective events but also changes in views and perception. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain “new normal” will make future pension systems different from past ones. The objectives of this article are: i) to briefly review recent…
Wirtschaftsethik
Betrug und Korruption im Experiment
Do bilateral social security agreements deliver on the portability of pensions and health care benefits? A summary policy paper on four migration corridors between EU and non-EU member states
This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) member and two nonmember states, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are seen as the most important instrument to establish portability of social security benefits for internationally mobile workers. Yet, only about 23 % of inte…
Bilateral social security agreements and pensions portability: A study of four migrant corridors between EU and non‐EU countries
The article summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) members that were undertaken to assess their working and the establishment of benefit portability. BSSAs between migrant‐sending and migrant‐receiving countries are seen as the most important instrument to establish portability of social security benefits for internationally mobile workers. Yet, only about 23 per cent of i…
The ABCs of nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) schemes
Nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) pension schemes have been successfully implemented since the mid‐1990s in a number of European countries such as Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland and Sweden. The NDC approach features the lifelong contribution–benefit link of a financial defined contribution (FDC) personal account scheme, but is based on the pay‐as‐you‐go (PAYG) format. At its start out, the PAYG commitments of the preceding defined benefit (D…
The portability of social rights of the United Kingdom with the European Union: Facts, issues, and prospects
The portability of social benefits – such as the state pension, child allowances and unemployment benefits – for international migrants is regulated by social security agreements concluded between countries or at supra-national level, such as within the European Economic Area (EEA). Focusing on the United Kingdom, this article aims at capturing the main issues that have been recently raised by such agreements, with particular emphasis on the case…
Wirtschaftsethik
Economics (20 works) · Business (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Finance (11 works) · Pension (11 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Finance (9 works) · Public economics (9 works) · Economic policy (8 works) · Global Health Care Issues (8 works)