Résumé
We examine the balanced growth effects of pension plans on the rate of growth and on income dispersion in a closed economy where individual decisions about education are the engine of growth. We distinguish between pay-as-you-go and fully funded pension systems and differentiate between three different benefit rules: a Beveridgean regime, a Bismarckian regime depending on one's entire earnings history and on one's partial earnings history. Our analysis shows that social security generally reduces the long-run growth rate and our inequality measure. Growth can only be stimulated under a fully funded scheme based on partial earnings history.
langue originale | Anglais |
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Numéro d'article | 1 |
Pages (de - à) | 47-71 |
Nombre de pages | 25 |
journal | Journal of Macroeconomics |
Volume | 25 |
Numéro de publication | 1 |
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état | Publié - mars 2003 |
Modification externe | Oui |