The Retirement of the Migrant Labor Force: Pension Portability and Beyond

Alain Jousten

CESifo Economic Studies, 2015, vol. 61, issue 2, 416-437

Abstract: The specificities of the workforce with a migrant background are often neglected in studies of retirement. Similarly, many studies of migration’s impact on pensions often focus on aggregate outcomes—system sustainability or distributive characteristics. The present article provides a fresh look at the nexus between these two literatures. It discusses the impact of the European social security coordination mechanisms on individual decision making and on the functioning of social security systems—with a focus on retirement. The article argues that such effects are nonnegligible and are likely to have major policy consequences. (JEL Codes: F22, H75, J26, J61)

Date: 2015
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