Old age pensions in Mexico: Toward universal coverage

Willmore, Larry (2014): Old age pensions in Mexico: Toward universal coverage.

Abstract

This paper chronicles the rise of social pensions in Mexico. First it summarizes the pension system prior to introduction of social pensions. Next it describes how Mexico City, the federal government, and seventeen of Mexico’s 31 states initiated social pensions, a policy supported eventually by each of the three major political parties. It concludes with thoughts on what remains to be done.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: government transfers, non-contributory pensions, universal pensions, social pensions, pension reform, social security, Mexico
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Economics of the Handicapped ; Non-Labor Market Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J18 - Public Policy

References

Atenea Flores-Castillo, "Transferencias No Contributivas a Personas Mayores", United Nations, Cepal Mexico, November 2013.

Marco A. Espinosa-Vega and Tapen Sinha, "A Primer and Assessment of Social Security Reform in Mexico", Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2000 Q1), pp. 1-23

Carmen Hoyo and David Tuesta, "Financiando la jubilación con activos inmobiliarios: un análisis de caso para México", BBVA Research, Mexico, November 2013.

Larry Willmore, “Universal Pensions for Developing Countries”, World Development (January 2007), pp. 33-34.

Rosa Elena Bernal Díaz, "La Pensión Universal Ciudadana: Entrevista a Dra. Asa Cristina Laurell", Entrelazándonos (November 2003), pp. 15-19.

Asa Cristina Laurell, "What does Latin American social medicine do when it governs? The case of the Mexico City government", American Journal of Public Health 93:12 (December 2003), pp. 2028-2031.

Agneta Kruse, "A Stable Pension System: The Eighth Wonder", in Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?, edited by T. Bengtsson (Demographic Research Monographs, Springer-Verlag, 2010), pp. 47-64.

Santiago Levy, Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality, and Economic Growth in Mexico (Brookings, 2008).