Do Bilateral Social Security Agreements Deliver on the Portability of Pensions and Health Care Benefits? : A Summary Policy Paper on Four Migration Corridors between EU and Non-EU Member States

This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) member and two non-member states, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are seen as the most important instrument to establish portability of social security benefits for internationally mobile workers. Yet, only about 23 percent of international migrants profit from BSSAs and their functioning has been little analyzed and even less assessed. The four corridors studied (Austria-Turkey, Germany-Turkey, Belgium-Morocco, and France-Morocco) were selected to allow for comparison of both similarities and differences in experiences. The evaluation of these corridors’ BSSAs was undertaken against a methodological framework and three selected criteria: fairness for individuals, fiscal fairness for countries, and bureaucratic effectiveness for countries and migrant workers. The results suggest that the investigated BSSAs work and overall deliver reasonably well on individual fairness. The results on fiscal fairness are clouded by conceptual and empirical gaps. Bureaucratic effectiveness would profit from information and communication technology-based exchanges on both corridors once available.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Holzmann, Robert
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-05
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, LABOR MIGRANTS, RISKS, LABOR FLOW, WORKFORCE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, OLD AGE, NATIONAL LAW, REPRESENTATIVES FROM MINISTRIES, SPOUSE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, FIRST CHILD, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, POPULATION FACTS, LABOR FORCE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, HEALTH INSURANCE, DISCRIMINATION, IMMIGRANTS, HEALTH CARE, RETURNEES, LEGAL STATUS, RETURN MIGRATION, FAMILY MEMBERS, HEALTH, RETURN OF MIGRANTS, TREATIES, VULNERABILITY, BASIC HEALTH CARE, OLD-AGE, PUBLIC HEALTH, LIFE EXPECTANCY, SPOUSES, SAFETY NETS, TELEVISION, DEMOGRAPHERS, KNOWLEDGE, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, LABOR MARKET, DISEASES, NATIONAL LEGISLATION, INTERVENTION, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRIES, HEALTH SYSTEMS, AGING, CITIZEN, MIGRATION, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, MODERNIZATION, SERVICE PROVIDER, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, LABOR SHORTAGES, MARRIAGE, SOCIAL SECURITY, OLD- AGE, ORPHANS, SERVICE DELIVERY, MIGRANTS, POLITICAL SUPPORT, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, ELDERLY, RESPECT, PROGRESS, MIGRATION FLOWS, UNEMPLOYMENT, QUALITY CARE, MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS, NATIONAL SECURITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, MIGRANT, FOOD SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION, WORKERS, POLICIES, POLYGAMY, PENSIONS, POLICY MAKERS, DIVORCE, LEISURE ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL POLICY, PURCHASING POWER, SAFETY NET, LONG-TERM CARE, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT, URBAN AREAS, MIGRANT WORKERS, MEASUREMENT, DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, POPULATIONS, INJURIES, MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES, MOTHER, WORKSHOPS, TEMPORARY MIGRANTS, POLICY DEVELOPMENTS, ELDERLY PEOPLE, NATIONALS, EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, POLICY, SOCIAL WELFARE, CITIZENS, SOCIAL POLICIES, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS, LEGAL MIGRANTS, HEALTH SYSTEM, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL SECTORS, WEIGHT, HUMAN RIGHTS, CHILDREN, CITIZENSHIP, WARS, WAR, WORLD POPULATION, HOST COUNTRY, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, TREATY, POPULATION MOVEMENT, IMMIGRATION, DISABILITY, POPULATION, LABOR SUPPLY, MIGRANT WOMEN, POLICY RESEARCH, STRATEGY, HOME COUNTRIES, REGISTRATION, HEALTH INSURERS, FAMILIES, LACK OF INFORMATION, WOMEN, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, REMITTANCES, LABOR MARKETS, POLICY ANALYSIS, LABOR FORCES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, RECIPIENT COUNTRY, IMPLEMENTATION, HEALTH SERVICES, LONG-TERM MIGRANTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26436196/bilateral-social-security-agreements-deliver-portability-pensions-health-care-benefits-summary-policy-paper-four-migration-corridors-between-eu-non-eu-member-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24731
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