Pensions reform: state of play in Belgium?

By giving incentives to early retirement pension systems aggravate the problem of financial sustainability. The most effective policy intervention to protect the elderly from poverty will be to increase incentives to work. The introduction of a malus would report the claiming of pension benefits with 1.1 year. The pension bonus increases retirement with barely 0.3year

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