Chile's New Pension Reforms

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No. 326

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

by Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards and Augusto Iglesias

In 2008 Chile initiated a major reform to its personal account social security system.  The personal account system, established in 1981, replaced a traditional pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) system in which workers paid taxes that financed the benefits of those who had already retired - similar to Social Security in the United States.

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