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    <journal-meta>
        <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
        <journal-title-group>
            <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
        </journal-title-group>
        <issn pub-type="epub">2351-6542</issn>
        <issn pub-type="ppub">2351-6542</issn>
        <publisher>
            <publisher-name>VTeX</publisher-name>
        </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
                <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1993-7498-1-PB</article-id>
                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v29i3.1993</article-id>
                        <article-categories>
            <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
                <subject>Research Article</subject>
            </subj-group>
        </article-categories>
                        <title-group>
            <article-title>Voluntary private investments role in pension system in Latvia</article-title>
        </title-group>
                        <contrib-group>
                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>Dundure</surname>
                    <given-names>Evija</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:dundure.evija@gmail.com">dundure.evija@gmail.com</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_RFDS_aff_000"/>
                                                <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">Arca Infrastruktura Ltd</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>Sloka</surname>
                    <given-names>Biruta</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:Biruta.Sloka@lu.lv">Biruta.Sloka@lu.lv</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_RFDS_aff_001"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_001">University of Latvia</aff>
                                </contrib-group>
                                    <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
        </author-notes>
                                                                                            <volume>29</volume>
                                <issue>3</issue>
                                    <fpage>43</fpage>
                        <lpage>52</lpage>
                                        <history>
                        <date date-type="received">
                                <day>09</day>
                                                <month>09</month>
                                <year>2019</year>
            </date>
                                    <date date-type="rev-recd">
                                <day>04</day>
                                                <month>10</month>
                                <year>2019</year>
            </date>
                                    <date date-type="accepted">
                                <day>28</day>
                                                <month>10</month>
                                <year>2019</year>
            </date>
                    </history>
                                <abstract>
                        <p>Pension systems have become one of the main priorities for the national governments. Developed countries population is getting older by putting the pressure on the state budgets and work age people tax load. The current pension system in Latvia performs according to regulation of state compulsory unfunded pension scheme since 1996 and regulation of the state funded or accumulated pension scheme since 2001. The third pension system pillar is private voluntary pension schemes realized in form of people contributions into pension funds and life insurance policies. Aim of the research – deeper analyses of voluntary private investments as the</p>
                    </abstract>
                <kwd-group>
            <label>Keywords</label>
                        <kwd>Pension system</kwd>
                        <kwd>voluntary savings</kwd>
                        <kwd>financial literacy</kwd>
                        <kwd>Bancassurance</kwd>
                    </kwd-group>
                <kwd-group kwd-group-type="JEL">
            <label>JEL</label>
                        <kwd content-type="primary">M10</kwd>
                        <kwd content-type="primary">M38</kwd>
                    </kwd-group>
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