 Four Archetypal Pension SystemsChapter Chapter 4 in Essentials of Pension Economics, 2019, pp 45-64 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The basic properties of pension systems are analysed by means of a 2-overlapping-generations model. Non-financial, pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems are either ‘defined benefit’ (NDB), disbursing earnings-related pensions or defined contribution (NDC), computing pensions according to the logic of personal accounts. The former apply the equilibrium contribution rate to adapt contribution revenues to changes in the economic and demographic factors affecting pension expenditures; the latter adapt expenditures to revenues by crediting to personal accounts the sustainable rate of return equal to the growth rate of aggregate earnings. Financial, fully funded systems can also ensure that assets match liabilities, thus maintaining their ‘unit’ degree of funding by either adjusting the contribution rate (FDB) or by crediting the market interest rate to the personal accounts (FDC). Keywords: Financial defined benefit (FDB) and defined contribution (FDC) pension systems; Non-financial defined benefit (NDB) and defined contribution (NDC) pension systems; Sustainable rate of return; Contribution revenues and pension expenditures; Earnings growth rate (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-26496-3_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26496-3_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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