The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted manifold social policy responses all around the
world. This article presents the findings of a meta-analysis of thirty-six in-depth country …

Australian regulations strictly limit early withdrawals from retirement plan accounts.
However, in 2020, the Government made otherwise illiquid plan balances temporarily liquid …

Written by James Midgley, a leading authority on international social policy and social
development, this Advanced Introduction offers a concise, readable and wide-ranging …

This study sought to explore the uses meanings and negotiation that female heads of
household from low‐income areas gave to the transferred money in the COVID health …

This paper utilises administrative data from members of the Thai Government Pension Fund
to examine voluntary contributions and investment plan change. We find low overall …

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a debate around the world on whether pension
systems should be used to support individuals in economic distress. In Latin America, Chile …

Latin American countries have been at the forefront of pension privatization and since 2008
they have also pioneered reform reversals. Previous studies have focused on single cases …

The aim of this paper is to assess the influence of the spatial incidence of COVID-19 on an
individual? s decision to cash out 10% of their pension savings in Chile. Using detailed …

The purpose of this research is to study the positive and negative aspects of pension
savings early withdrawal. A review of foreign experience and literature was conducted; the …

This chapter offers an examination of the incorporation effects of social protection in Latin
America. The analysis focuses on two intertwined elements:(i) the features of the 'critical …