In many European countries, population aging had led to debate about a switch from conventional unfunded public pension systems to notional sys- tems characterized by individual accounts. In this article, we develop an overlapping generations model in which endogenous growth is based on an...

When studying redistributive attitudes, surveys show that individuals do care about fairness. They also show that the cultural environment in which individuals grow up affects their preferences about redistribution. In this article we include these two components of the demand for redistribution...

Nous étudions dans un modèle à générations imbriquées le rôle primordial du gouvernement pour la pérennité des systèmes de retraite par répartition. Nous montrons que les systèmes de retraite à fort taux de cotisation, comme ceux que l'on observe en Europe, ne sont viables à long...

In many European countries, due to population aging, the switch from conventional unfunded public pension systems to notional systems character- ized by individual accounts is in debate. In this article, we develop an OLG model in which endogenous growth is based on an accumulation of knowledge...

In many European countries, population aging had led to debate about a switch from conventional unfunded public pension systems to notional systems characterized by individual accounts. In this article, we develop an overlapping generations model in which endogenous growth is based on an...

The future of the social security system is a big issue in industrial world. Population aging raises the question of the adjustment, or even the replacement of unfunded public pension schemes. The ratio between over-60-year-olds and the working age is expected to double between now and 2040, and...