Measuring the Redistributive Effect of Pensions

Alvaro Forteza ()

No 83, Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series from Tulane University, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this document, I present a conceptual framework for the analysis of the redistributive effect of pensions. The paper makes specific recommendations on the controversial issue of whether pensions should be treated as transfers or deferred income. I show that most pension programs have both dimensions in different degrees and present a proposal to deal with them in a unified framework. The proposal has specific recommendations in terms of accounting and counterfactuals. Using some simple examples, I show that usual accounting and “nonbehavioral” assumptions —particularly regarding non-labor income— may be very misleading.

Keywords: Pensions; redistribution; fiscal incidence analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 H55 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2018-09
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Published in Commitment to Equity, September 2018, pages 1-14

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