Costs of Extending the Noncontributory Pension Program for Elderly

The Mexican Case

Emma Aguila, Nelly Josefina Mejia Gonzalez, Francisco Perez-Arce, Edgar Ramirez, Alfonso Rivera Illingworth

ResearchPosted on rand.org Jul 12, 2016Published in: Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2016

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.

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  • Copyright: Taylor & Francis Group
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2016
  • Pages: 19
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-66537

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