Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180102 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] Baltic Journal of Economics [ISSN:] 2334-4385 [Volume:] 17 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Taylor & Francis [Place:] London [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 103-118
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, London
Abstract: 
Belarus currently has a relatively generous pay-as-you-go pension system, but population aging coupled with recent problems with economic growth will soon make it unsustainable. We build a rich overlapping generation model of Belarusian economy, which shows that without reform the Pension Fund will run into persistent and growing deficit, which will reach 9% of GDP by 2055. We also compute the fiscal projections of several parametric pension reforms, including the reform which will start in 2017. To avoid a deficit without reform, pension benefits would have to be substantially reduced. The increase of retirement age to 65 for both genders has a strong positive effect on sustainability of the pension system and keeps the deficit below 2% of GDP.
Subjects: 
Belarus
pension system
demography
retirement age
pension reform
JEL: 
C68
H55
J26
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Document Type: 
Article

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