Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75579 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 195
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Based on explicit present value calculations, the paper criticizes the view that the PAYGO system wastes economic resources. In present value terms, there is nothi ng to be gained from a transition to a funded system even though the latter offers a permanently higher rate of return. The sum of the implicit and explicit tax burdens that result from the need to respect the existing pension claims is the same under all systems and transition strategies. Nevertheless a partial transition to a funded system may be a way to overcome the current demographic crisis because it replaces missing human capital with real capital.
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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