This paper describes the operation of both the compulsory pension annuity and voluntary annuity markets in the UK. The paper reports on the movement of UK annuity price quotes in the voluntary market from 1957-2009, and in the pension annuity market from 1994 to 2009, and examines whether...

This paper analyses whether the severe demographic change in Germany causes its high current account surpluses. An ageing population both increases the supply and lowers demand of capital in an economy. Due to a longer life span individuals save more. Fewer workers reduce the optimal capital...

Wirkt sich der demographische Wandel auf die internationalen Kapitalbewegungen aus? Für die Analyse dieser Frage wird zunächst untersucht, welchen Einfluss die Verschiebung der Bevölkerungsaltersstruktur auf die gesamtwirtschaftliche Ersparnis und Investition hat. Anhand eines Modells der...

Population aging challenges the financing of social security systems in developed economies, as the fraction of the population in working age declines. The resulting pressure on capital-labor ratios translates into a pressure on factor prices and production. While European countries all face...