Reforming Pensions

Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond

No 2523, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This article, based on two books (2008, forthcoming), sets out principles for pension design: pension systems have multiple objectives, analysis should consider the pension system as a whole, analysis should be in a second-best context, different systems share risks differently and have different effects by generation and by gender. The article considers policy implications: there is no single best pension design; earlier retirement does not reduce unemployment; unsustainable pension promises should be addressed directly; adding funding in a PAYG mandatory system may or may not be welfare improving; and implementation matters – design should not exceeds a country’s capacity to implement.

Keywords: pension; social security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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