Essays about: "pension policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words pension policy.

  1. 1. The pension reform of 1948 and its potential effect on health for older adults in Sweden during the middle of the 20th century : A description of the pension reforms in the eldercare between the years of 1913 and 1948 in Sweden, and the potential effect of the reform in 1948 on death rates for those 67 years and older during the middle of the 20th century.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Emelie Thunqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Pension; Eldercare reforms; Death rates; Gender differences; Social determinants of health; Income;

    Abstract : Background: In 1946, a proposal was made for a law on national pensions with the aim of reforming the pension system and giving pensioners better finances, which later was implemented at 1948. The theory of the social determinants of health suggests that income is an important factor that has an impact on health. READ MORE

  2. 2. Switching Employment from Private to Public Sector in Cambodia : Public Servants’ Motives for Sector Switching and Challenges

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Daravuth Kong; [2023]
    Keywords : sector switching; motives; challenges; public officers; civil servants; government employees; public sector; private sector;

    Abstract : This master thesis investigates the public servants’ motives for switching their employment from the private to the public sector and for having a tendency to work in the public organization. It also focuses on factors they describe as job satisfaction and the challenges they have encountered after transitioning to the public-sector employment. READ MORE

  3. 3. A comparative discussion on the typology of two nations’ pension policies : In a quest for a flawless pension structure for our seniors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Mahmuda Ireen; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish pension policy; Singapore s pension policy; Esping-Andersen;

    Abstract : The pension systems of Sweden and Singapore are compared in this thesis paper using the most recent developments in welfare-regime analysis. The author examines how the two countries’ policy systems are responding in light of Esping- Anderson’s welfare regime theory because the researcher thinks it will be fascinating and challenging also to compare the pension systems of the aforementioned countries. READ MORE

  4. 4. Neoliberalism and Welfare States : A case study of two EU member states’ pension systems

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Kevin Várszegi; [2022]
    Keywords : welfare regimes; welfare states; EU; European Union; Sweden; Hungary; neoliberalism;

    Abstract : Sweden and Hungary both applied for European Union membership in the beginning of the 1990s. The 1990s were also the years of economic deregulation inspired by an ideology: neoliberalism, which affected many policy fields. READ MORE

  5. 5. Solving Unequal Pensions through Voluntary Transfers : A gender analysis of the possibility to transfer your premium pension rights to your partner

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Sonja Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : premium pension; pension gap; transfer of pension rights; gender;

    Abstract : In this magister thesis I will critically analyse the possibility to transfer one’s premium pension rights to one’s spouse or registered partner using Carol Bacchi’s WPR approach. After a short presentation of the Swedish pension system, I will use delve deeper into the policy and discuss what it acknowledges, silences, and contributes to. READ MORE