The paper discusses similarities and differences between NDC and the French and German point systems. The study focuses on how these systems differ when there is an external shock (demographic, economic, or other) and discusses the possible consequences of moving from the point system to NDC....

En France, malgré le rôle prépondérant de l’assurance maladie obligatoire au financement des dépenses de santé (75,9% en moyenne en 2012), l’accès aux soins est fortement dépendant de la possession d’un contrat d’assurance complémentaire santé, et de sa qualité, dont 5% de la...

This paper assesses the impact on growth and the inter-generational redistributive effects of some possible pension reforms in France using a dynamic general equilibrium model with overlapping generations. Results suggest that a reform increasing the effective average retirement age by 1.25...