Many advocates of social security privatization argue that rates of return under a defined contribution individual … riskiness of stock investments. Confusion arises because three distinct reforms are muddled. By privatization we mean creating … about a quarter of all social security contributions, in perpetuity. Unlike privatization, prefunding would raise rates of …

This paper evaluates the welfare implications of privatization in emerging market economies, in countries where … policies are determined by the median voter. We show that privatization may lead to large efficiency gains by changing the menu … of taxes. We illustrate this point with two examples. First, we consider privatization of import competing public …

compares achieving progressivity as part of privatization reform by a) providing a pay-as-you-go-financed minimum benefit to …. Maintaining this liability limits the effect of privatization on saving and capital accumulation. Second, the tax financing the …

impact of such prefunding on the growth of the capital stock and the level of national income and show that the combination …

alternative privatization schemes using the Auerbach-Kotlikoff Dynamic Life-Cycle Model. The simulations indicate three things … long-run gains from privatization are larger if privatization redistributes resources from initial to future generations …, the pure efficiency gains from privatization are also substantial. Efficiency gains refers to the welfare improvement …

consist of a fully-funded individual defined-contribution account, financed by payroll taxes, held in financial institutions …

effects of privatizing social security, and a simple privatization proposal, the Personal Security System, to discuss other … issues associated with privatization. According to the AK Model, privatizing social security can create major long … compensated for losses from privatization. The precise size of the efficiency gain depends on the existing tax structure, linkage …

met: (1) the marginal product of capital exceeds the rate of economic growth; (2) the capital intensity of the economy is …); and (3) the rate of economic growth is positive. Illustrative calculations based on U.S. experience since 1960 suggest …