Pension Reform and Economic Performance Under Imperfect Capital Markets |
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Authors: | Alessandra Casarico |
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Affiliation: | Nuffield College and UniversitàBocconi, Milano |
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Abstract: | We consider an overlapping generations model where heterogeneous agents take decisions on consumption and investment in education under the assumption of imperfect capital markets. We study how the introduction of a pay-as-you-go and of a fully funded pension scheme affects output and lifetime opportunities, and then analyse the impact of a pension reform. The standard neutrality result for fully funded pension schemes does not hold in this framework. We establish the conditions under which a fully funded scheme is associated with a higher investment in human capital. We show that the transition path may involve poverty traps |
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