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We model the optimal reaction of a public PAYG pension system to demographic shocks. We compare the ex-ante first best and second best solution of a Ramsey planner with full commitment to the outcome under simple third best rules that mimic the pension systems observed in the real world. The...
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We analyze the short and long run effects of demographic ageing - increased longevity and reduced fertility - on per … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age were held constant, the growth rate in …
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policy shocks. We find that a higher degree of KUJ lowers economic growth, while, in contrast, a decrease in the fertility …
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Demographic trends in most developed economies are characterized by rising longevity and decreasing birthrates. These trends endanger the sustainability of the current public pension systems. Therefore social security reform proposals are on the agenda in many countries. This paper demonstrates...
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We study the effects of an annuity market imperfection on individual agents' labour supply and retirement decisions and on the macroeconomic growth rate in an overlapping generations model with endogenous growth. We model imperfect annuities by introducing a load factor on the interest rate...
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This paper provides a unified treatment of externalities associated with fertility and human capital accumulation as … part through education. In addition to the customary externality source associated with a change in average fertility rate … alone entails a higher fertility rate and a lower ratio of high- to low-ability children, as compared to using education …
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We explore the benefits of intergenerational risk-sharing through both private funded pensions and via the public debt. We use a multi-period overlapping generations model with a PAYG pension pillar, a funded pension pillar and a government. Shocks are smoothed via the public debt and variations...
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We study the sustainability of pension systems using a life-cycle model with distortionary taxation that sets an upper limit to the real value of tax revenues. This limit implies an endogenous threshold dependency ratio, i.e. a point in the cross-section distribution of the population beyond...
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the type of aging, i.e. declining fertility or increasing longevity, and the type of pension system, i.e. defined … fertility, a mandatory retirement system with defined contributions fares better …
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shows that the type of aging, i.e. declining fertility or increasing longevity, and the type of unfunded social security … unregulated. In comparison, when aging is driven by a decreasing fertility rate, a mandatory retirement system fosters more …
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