Demographic crisis and imprudent commitments have induced a crisis in publicpension programmes in OECD countries. Will present and prospective cutbacks leadto greater private saving, either in the form of private pension provision or in otherforms of saving? The paper surveys existing evidence,...

Several policy issues arise in this context. If households are unable or unwilling to move inold age, their consumption behaviour may be constrained by asset illiquidity...

Public pension programmes in many OECD countries are in difficulties. With anageing population, and declining participation of working age men in paid work,existing pension arrangements are far too costly in many countries, both now and inthe future. This paper examines the evidence as to...

The paper examines the trend in public sector – private sector wagedifferentials in the 1980s and 1990s, using a variety of econometricmethods...br>

This paper extends behavioural microsimulation modelling so that third round effectsof a policy change can be simulated. The first round effects relate to fixed hoursof work, while second round effects allow for changes in desired hours of work atunchanged wages. These allow for endogenous...

The purpose of this paper is to extend the analysis of built-in ‡exibilityto various forms of consumption taxation. This is useful in view of theextensive use of indirect taxes. Section 2 begins with basic de…nitions anda discussion of income taxation, concentrating on the multi-step case....