Romanian pensions system at a glance
Some equity comments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15068056 |
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| Authors | Alina Cristina Nuţă (0000-0003-3248-644X, Finance and Business Administration Department, Danubius University Galati, Galaţi, România, corresponding author), Constantin Zaman (0000-0002-0849-9278, Cedex and Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) Warsaw, Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne Paris Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, France), Florian Marcel Nuţă (0000-0001-8663-4183, Finance and Business Administration Department, Danubius University Galati, Galaţi, România) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 419-433 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1331-677X • E-ISSN: 1848-9664 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1331677x.2016.1169705 |
| OpenAlex | W2353702196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
The main objective of this study is to analyse the equity issues of the Romanian pension system. The analysis is carried out at two levels: at the nationwide level, aimed at identifying the welfare implications of recent reforms adopted by the Romanian government on the unitary system of pensions, and at the regional level, where we try to identify differences and similarities across counties with respect to nominal and real average benefits received by pensioners. The conclusions of the analysis show that the new pension law ended up with an increase of the average benefit for high pensions, while low benefits remained practically the same as they were before the reform. At regional levels, in most of the counties the average real pension (indexed by the cost of living) is above the nominal one
Demographic economics · Economics · Market economy · Pension · Pension system · Political science · Public economics · Romanian · Unitary state · Welfare · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Law · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |