Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26019 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1974
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the effects of demographic shocks and changes in the pension system on the macroeconomic performance of an advanced small open economy. An overlapping-generations model is constructed which includes a realistic description of the mortality process. Individual agents choose their optimal retirement age, taking into account the time- and age profiles of wages, taxes, and the public pension system. The early retirement provision in most pension systems acts as a trap, inducing most workers to retire well before the normal retirement age. Simulations show that pension reform must be drastic for it to have any effects on the retirement behaviour of workers.
JEL: 
E10
J26
H55
D91
F41
J11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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