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Gustavo De Santis

Professor of Demography, University of Florence, Italy
Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Introducing child benefits in pension systems: rationale, pros and cons

October 21, 2024 Gustavo De Santis
Children, Pensions, population, Retirement

Child benefits are never explicitly included in pension systems, although mothers often receive other forms of compensation, such as provisions for earlier retirement or higher pensions. There are good reasons … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Threshold ages and automatic adjustment mechanisms  in PAYGO pension systems

January 8, 2025October 14, 2024 Gustavo De Santis
aeging, Old age, Pensions, population, Retirement

Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) pension systems are problematic: commitments are meant to be long term, but reality changes rapidly, which forces a frequent revision of rules. Gustavo De Santis suggests an alternative … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Low mortality drives population ageing in the long run

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Gustavo De Santis and Giambattista Salinari

Higher survival, not low fertility, is the main long-term driver of population ageing. Adding some new elements to an old debate among demographers, Gustavo De Santis and Giambattista Salinari illustrate … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Clash of the Titans: NDC vs IPAYG (pay-as-you-go pension systems)

November 28, 2021November 8, 2021 Gustavo De Santis
Europe, Pensions, Work

NDC (notional defined contribution) schemes are commonly believed to be the best kind of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension systems: actuarial equity and individual flexibility in accessing retirement are their main strengths. … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

The transition to late adulthood: past adversities increase frailty

July 12, 2021July 5, 2021 Francesca Zanasi, Gustavo De Santis and Elena Pirani
Health, Old age, Work

Health deteriorates with age, and it can be further worsened by adversities experienced during early adulthood and middle age. On SHARE data, Francesca Zanasi, Gustavo De Santis and Elena Pirani measure … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

It all depends on how you do it. Health effects of leaving the labour market

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021 Elena Pirani, Gustavo De Santis and Francesca Zanasi
Europe, Health, Retirement, Work

Relying on data from the longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2015), and adopting a propensity score matching approach, Elena Pirani, Gustavo De Santis and Francesca Zanasi … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Italians and foreigners: how distant are they, culturally speaking?

June 3, 2021May 24, 2021 Gustavo De Santis, Mauro Maltagliati and Alessandra Petrucci
foreigners, immigrants, immigration, italy

Can cultural distance hinder the integration of foreigners? The answer would be easier if we knew what cultural distance is. Gustavo De Santis, Mauro Maltagliati and Alessandra Petrucci try to … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

An Almost Ideal Pension System for Europe (and other countries)

March 3, 2021February 29, 2016 Gustavo De Santis
Old age, Pensions

Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension systems are frequent in OECD countries, usually in combination with some form of funding (OECD 2014, 2015), and they have been very extensively studied. But their reputation … Read more

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