Introduction of the common pension space in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union: how important is it and what are the impacts?

A new paper by Tatiana Karabchuk, Natalia Soboleva and Vladimir Pereboev in the Journal of Eurasian Economic Integration

The new article by Tatiana Karabchuk (LCSR, deputy director), Natalia Soboleva (LCSR, research fellow) and Vladimir Pereboev (EDB Centre for Integration Studies, head of projects), called "Introduction of the common pension space in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union: how important is it and what are the impacts?" , was published in the Journal of Eurasian Economic Integration (№ 3 (24) 2014).

The article addresses the issues of cross-border transfer of pension rights within the space of six countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, being members of the Customs Union and the SES, as well as Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Tajikistan, integrating within the framework of the CU - SES and the Eurasian Economic Union being formed. The paper is based on the joint report by the EDB Centre for Integration Studies and World Bank programs MiRPAL «Mobility of pensions within the Eurasian Economic Union and the CIS» (CIS EDB, 2014). The authors have shown positive and negative aspects of the introduction of the common pension space and gave recommendations on practical introduction of the common pension space in the countries of the EEU being created. 

Keywords: SES, TC, Eurasian Economic Union, social security, pension system, labor market, migration. We congratulate Tatiana and Natalia and wish them further academic successes!