Pa's pension: the origin of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados

Year: 2006 | Published by: Centre for social science research, University of Cape Town

Author: J. Seekings

This paper analyses the origin of Barbados' 1937 introduction of non-contributory pensions. It also provides information on the introduction of non-contributory pensions in other countries, most notably New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, the USA and Uruguay.