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Aging, saving, and public pensions in Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Suzuki, Wataru; Hatta, Tatsuo - 2007
We analyze the impact of population aging on Japan's household saving rate and on its public pension system and the impact of that system on Japan's household saving rate and obtain the following results: first, the age structure of Japan's population can explain the level of, and past and...
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The Effect of Public Pension Eligibility Age on Household Saving: Evidence from a New Zealand Natural Experiment
Talosaga, Talosaga; Vink, Mark - 2014
This paper examines the effect of the last increase in the eligibility age for New Zealand's public pension, New Zealand Superannuation, on household saving rates. The age of eligibility was increased progressively from 60 to 65 years old between 1992 and 2001, with little forewarning. Drawing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115688
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Growth and the ageing Joneses
H. Fisher, Walter; Heijdra, Ben J. - 2008
and mortality rates increase it. In the second part of the paper we extend the model by incorporating a Pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294036
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Growth and the ageing Joneses
Fisher, Walter H.; Heijdra, Ben J. - 2008
and mortality rates increase it. In the second part of the paper we extend the model by incorporating a Pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264491
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"Should I Pay for You or for Myself"? The Optimal Level and Composition of Retirement Benefit Systems
van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Cardoso, Pedro - 2001
Feldstein [1985] posed the questions of what would be the optimal level of retirement benefit, and what would be the optimal mix between the pay-as-you-go system and the funded pension system under the assumption of an exogenous interest rate. We reconsider the problem with the addition of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276956
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To Save or Save Not: Intergenerational Neutrality and the Expansion of New Zealand Superannuation
Coleman, Andrew - 2014
Increases in longevity mean the size of New Zealand's public retirement income programme, New Zealand Superannuation, will automatically expand unless the age of eligibility is increased. This paper analyses the consequences of expanding New Zealand Superannuation on a save-as-you-go basis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115669
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Retirement sorted? The adequacy and optimality of wealth among the near-retired
Crawford, Rowena; O'Dea, Cormac - 2014
Much of the focus of the UK pensions policy debate over the past decade has been on the adequacy (or otherwise) of private retirement saving. In this paper, we present the first assessment of the optimality of the retirement resources of English couple households born in the 1940s. Here,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335622
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The determinants of savings rates in OECD countries: The role of private pensions
Gebeşoğlu, Pınar Fulya; Ertuğrul, Hasan Murat; … - In: Central Bank Review (CBR) 23 (2023) 1, pp. 1-7
The design of pension schemes is crucial in determining savings behavior. The impact of pension schemes on saving rates … between saving patterns and pension wealth. This paper investigates the effect of the private pension contributions on savings … distribution. According to the results, the savings rate is negatively associated with private pensions at all quantile levels. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547825
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Household portfolios and financial preparedness for retirement
Crawford, Rowena; O'Dea, Cormac - In: Quantitative Economics 11 (2020) 2, pp. 637-670
to evaluate the adequacy of retirement savings. We find first that the specification of the model's asset structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215428
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Pension funds in sub-Saharan Africa
Nyang'oro, Owen; Njenga, Githinji - 2022
provides elderly assistance and is a source of savings for long-term investment. The pension systems in SSA, however, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472622