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We study, both empirically and quantitatively, the role of savings and the labor supply in self-insurance channels over … social security benefits for the period 1995-2009. We find that both savings and the labor supply are quantitatively … adjustment to savings and labor supply have significant macroeconomic implications. Applying the model to China, we find that the …
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Building on the evolving literature on the topic, this paper reviews the relationship between demographics and long-run capital flows in both theory and in the data. For this purpose, we develop a two region overlapping generations model where countries differ in their population growth and...
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This paper studies the effect of demographic change on national saving, global interest rates, and international capital flows, focusing on the role of the public pension system. We develop a small open economy overlapping generations model to illustrate the channels through which demographic...
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the elderly. This study suggests that these demographic trends may lead to a decline in the G-7 private savings rate after …
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This paper explores the interaction between corporate ownership concentration and private savings, and by extension …, the current account balance in Germany. As high corporate savings largely reflected capital income accruing to wealthy … widening top income inequality, rising private savings and compressed consumption rates. Rising corporate profits in an …
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rather than a greater 'effort' to save it. Finally, we find evidence that, while savings during the boom help to increase … post-boom income, the composition of such savings matters. Specifically, in past episodes, savings allocated to foreign …
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The Greek pension system has been costly, complex, and distortive, which has contributed to Greece's fiscal problems and discouraged labor force participation. Several attempts to reform the system faltered due to lack of implementation, pushback by vested interests, and court rulings leading to...
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Several European countries are currently considering reversing parts of their pension reforms that were adopted previously to improve sustainability. In this paper we present a framework that allows us to quantify the macroeconomic and fiscal costs of such reversals. We thereby integrate the...
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