Portability of pension, health, and other social benefits: facts, concepts, issues

Robert Holzmann and Johannes Koettl

No 62725, Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes from The World Bank

Abstract: Portability of social benefits across professions and countries is an increasing concern for individuals and policy makers. Lacking or incomplete transfers of acquired social rights are feared to negatively impact individual labor market decisions as well as capacity to address social risks with consequences for economic and social outcomes. The paper gives a fresh and provocative look on the international perspective of the topic that has so far been dominated by social policy lawyers working within the framework of bilateral agreements; the input by economists has been very limited. It offers an analytical framework for portability analysis that suggests separating the risk pooling, (implicit or actual) pre-funding and redistributive elements in the benefit designand explores the proposed alternative approach for pensions and health care benefits. This promising approach may serve both as a substitute and complement to bi- and multilateral agreements.

Keywords: Gender and Law; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Population Policies; Pensions&Retirement Systems; Debt Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05-11
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