Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18965 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1501
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In welfare states, collective saving has declined to a persistently negative level, while reduced fertility and increasing longevity are leading to increasing pension liabilities. Actuarial neutrality across generations is presented as a benchmark for designing pension reforms to meet the challenges of population ageing. It is shown that this condition can be respected by a wide range of pension reforms, with very different consequences for public finance target setting. The rules for public pensions in national accounting are also discussed. Finally, the combined effects of population ageing and public pension rules on national saving are discussed.
Subjects: 
pensions
actuarial neutrality
public debt
national accounts
JEL: 
H5
H1
H6
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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