PENLEG II

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The PENLEG II – Pension Legislation around the World (Africa, Asia, the Americas) dataset traces the pension history of 100 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas from 1900 to 2021on an annual basis. It covers the following kinds of variables: a) pension introduction dates, b) pension law names, c) pension designs, d) de jure coverage of pension programs, e) eligibility criteria, f) modes of financing and e) de jure/de facto benefit generosity levels. The PENLEG II dataset is subdivided into two files. The first file entitled “PENLEG_II_coverage” shows data on the de jure coverage of pension programs, whereas the second file entitled “PENLEG_II_features” is devoted to data on pension designs, eligibility criteria, modes of financing and benefit generosity levels. In addition, both files inform about introduction dates and the names of the respective pension programs.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.7802/2849
Source https://search.gesis.org/research_data/SDN-10.7802-2849?lang=de
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=f90d53420e1f9ee8839c9119ed2ab2f525a592ef7629abac79e0b76c9d05c0fd
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Creator Grünewald, Aline
Publisher GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences; GESIS Datenarchiv für Sozialwissenschaften
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference [Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik (SFB 1342)]
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Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Uruguay; Uruguay; Belize; Belize; Haiti; Haiti; Chile; Chile; Costa Rica; Costa Rica; Dominica; Dominica; Ecuador; Ecuador; El Salvador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Guatemala; Guyana; Guyana; Honduras; Honduras; Suriname; Suriname; Nicaragua; Nicaragua; Peru; Peru; Panama; Panama; Paraguay; Paraguay; Bhutan; Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Brunei Darussalam; China; China; Japan; Japan; Myanmar; Myanmar; Nepal; Nepal; Pakistan; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; Timor-Leste; Timor-Leste; Malaysia; Malaysia; Thailand; Thailand; Benin; Benin; Angola; Angola; Botswana; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde; Gambia; Gambia; Ghana; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Lesotho; Lesotho; Liberia; Liberia; Malawi; Malawi; Mali; Mali; Mauritius; Mauritius; Namibia; Namibia; Niger; Niger; Nigeria; Nigeria; Senegal; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Sudan; Togo; Togo; Uganda; Uganda; Cuba; Cuba; Argentina; Argentina; Mexico; Mexico; Jamaica; Jamaica; Colombia; Colombia; Dominican Republic; Dominican Republic; Brazil; Brazil; Bangladesh; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Cambodia; Hong Kong; Hong Kong; India; India; Indonesia; Indonesia; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Maldives; Maldives; Mongolia; Mongolia; Philippines; Philippines; Singapore; Singapore; Viet Nam; Viet Nam; Cameroon; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Central African Republic; Chad; Chad; Congo; Congo; Côte dIvoire; Côte dIvoire; Djibouti; Djibouti; Egypt; Egypt; Algeria; Algeria; Swaziland; Swaziland; Ethiopia; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gabon; Kenya; Kenya; Libya; Libya; Madagascar; Madagascar; Mauritania; Mauritania; Morocco; Morocco; Mozambique; Mozambique; Rwanda; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Tome and Principe; Seychelles; Seychelles; South Africa; South Africa; Tanzania, United Republic of; Tanzania, United Republic of; Tunisia; Tunisia; Zambia; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe; Equatorial Guinea; Equatorial Guinea; Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); Iran (Islamic Republic of); Iran (Islamic Republic of); Korea (Republic of); Korea (Republic of); Taiwan, Province of China[a]; Taiwan, Province of China[a]; Congo (Democratic Republic of the); Congo (Democratic Republic of the)