Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19033 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1569
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This study compares alternative designs of an unfunded pension system. Convex combinations between a fixed contribution rate and a fixed benefit rate are considered. The objective is to maximize the expected ex-ante welfare under stochastic fertility. The model is a three-period CGE framework where the design of the education system and effects on factor prices are accounted for. The effects on factor prices depend on the degree of capital mobility. For low degrees of capital mobility it is optimal to have a fixed benefit rate in the pension system. But for the small open economy, a fixed contribution rate is optimal if the education system has a fixed benefit rate. This design of education and pension systems assures that individuals in the small open economy are unaffected by fertility fluctuations.
Subjects: 
pension schemes
demography
social security
education
fertility
JEL: 
H52
H55
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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