 Decreasing fertility vs increasing longevity: Raising the retirement age in the context of ageing processesMarcin Bielecki, Karolina Goraus-Tańska, Jan Hagemejer and Joanna Tyrowicz Economic Modelling, 2016, vol. 52, issue PA, 125-143 Abstract: Given the decreasing fertility and increasing longevity, in many countries the policy debate emphasizes the role of either raising the minimum eligible retirement age (MERA) or raising fertility to avoid adverse changes in the population structure. In this paper we evaluate the welfare and macroeconomic effects of increasing the retirement age for various demographic scenarios under three major pension systems (defined benefit, notionally defined contribution and funded defined contribution). We compare populations with decreasing fertility, increasing longevity and one subject to both of these changes, and show that the welfare effects of raising MERA stem mainly from longevity. We show that – for increasing longevity – raising the retirement age is universally welfare enhancing for all living and future cohorts, regardless of the pension system and fertility. Finally, we show scope for further welfare gains if productivity is relatively high at old ages. Keywords: Pension system; Defined benefit; NDC; Retirement age; Pension system reform; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:52:y:2016:i:pa:p:125-143 DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2015.02.020 Access Statistics for this article Economic Modelling is currently edited by S. Hall and P. Pauly More articles in Economic Modelling from Elsevier |
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