title: Costs of Extending the Noncontributory Pension Program for Elderly: The Mexican Case.
abstract: Population aging coupled with high poverty rates among older persons and a lack of access to social-security benefits or traditional support systems have led governments in low and middle-income countries to introduce non-contributory pension programs for the elderly. This article reviews a non-contributory pension program introduced in Mexico in 2007 that has since expanded greatly. We use a variety of sources to estimate current and future costs of this program.
authors.affiliation: a Assistant Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aguila
authors.affiliation: b PhD Candidate , RAND Corporation , Santa Monica , California , USA.
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.affiliation: c Economist, Labor and Population , RAND Corporation , Arlington , Virginia , USA.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perez-Arce
authors.affiliation: d Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL) , Mexico City , Mexico.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.affiliation: e Policy Analyst , RAND Corporation , Santa Monica , California , USA.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivera Illingworth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D010415:Pensions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011640:Public Policy / Q000191:economics*; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics*
keywords: Mexico; noncontributory pension program; older population; retirement