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Aging, saving, and public pensions in Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji; Suzuki, Wataru; Hatta, Tatsuo - 2007

We analyze the impact of population aging on Japan's household saving rate and on its public pension system and the impact of that system on Japan's household saving rate and obtain the following results: first, the age structure of Japan's population can explain the level of, and past and...

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Europe: Is There an Aging Crisis or is it a Public Pension Problem?

Disney, Richard - In: CESifo Forum 02 (2001) 4, pp. 25-30

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After Another Decade of Reform: Do Pension Systems in Europe Converge?

Werding, Martin - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 1, pp. 11-16

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Profitability of pension contributions: Evidence from real-life employment biographies

Schröder, Carsten - 2010

partner. Due to survivor pensions, married insurants benefit from higher IRR as compared to the non-married. Interestingly …

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Reforming retirement-income systems: Lessons from the recent experiences of OECD countries

Martin, John P.; Whitehouse, Edward - 2008

Reforming pensions looms large over the policy agenda of OECD countries. This is hardly surprising since public … spending on pensions accounted on average for 7 per cent of OECD GDP in 2005; and this pension spending effort is set to … pensions systems and which did not. It also examines the fiscal challenges posed by public pensions. Section 2 describes the …

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Public-Sector Compensation over the Life Cycle

Gomes, Pedro Maia; Wellschmied, Felix - 2020

The size of the public sector in terms of employment and compensation has a strong life-cycle dimension. We establish a quantitative partial-equilibrium life-cycle model with incomplete markets, private and public sectors, and risk-averse workers, and use it to (i) calculate three dimensions of...

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Don't raise the retirement age! : an experiment on opposition to pension reforms and East-West differences in Germany

Scheubel, Beatrice; Schunk, Daniel; Winter, Joachim - 2009

For policy reforms to increase a society's welfare, reliable information on people's prefer-ences and expectations is crucial. Representative opinion polls, often involving simplified questions about the complex topics under debate, are an important source of information for both policy-makers...

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A fiscal outlook for Poland using generational accounts

Jabłonowski, Janusz; Müller, Christoph; … - 2010

During the next few decades the populations of most developed countries will grow older and older as a result of the low fertility rates since the 1970s and/or the continuously increasing life expectancy. Poland, one of the biggest countries in Central Europe, will be confronted rather seriously...

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"Rente mit 67": die überschätzte wie unterschätzte Reform

Rürup, Bert - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 80 (2011) 2, pp. 53-60

Seit Jahren wird jedes neugeborene Kind im Durchschnitt drei Monate älter als ein Neugeborenes des Vorjahres. Dieser Lebenserwartungsgewinn von sechs Stunden am Tag schlägt sich - bei konstantem Renteneintrittsalter - in steigenden Rentenlaufzeiten nieder. Die "Rente mit 67" versucht, einen...

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How would 401(k) "Rothification" alter saving, retirement security, and inequality?

Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2022

Many nations incentivize retirement saving by letting workers defer taxes on pension contributions, imposing them when retirees withdraw their funds. Using a dynamic life cycle model, we show how 'Rothification' - that is, taxing 401(k) contributions rather than payouts - alters saving,...

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