New systems for old age security - theory, practice, and empirical evidence

Estelle James

No 1766, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The author summarizes the major findings and recommendations in Averting the Old Age Crisis, describing problems in traditional pension systems and proposals for reform. Then she describes how those reforms are being implemented in many countries and examines empirical evidence about pension reform's impact on growth. Since the publication of Averting the Old Age Crisis, the move toward multipillar systems has accelerated around the world, spurred by demographic and economic forces. In addition, research has been carried out on some of the critical assumptions underlying the recommendations in the report. Researcher have begun to quantify the effects of a full or partial shift to a funded defined-contribution plan on the supply and allocation of labor, on national saving, and on the development of financial markets. Results from the studies that have been done so far on the (anticipated and actual) effects of pension reform (in Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and especially Chile) suggest that pension reform can have and has had a positive, possibly large, impact on national saving and the development of financial markets and hence on economic growth.

Keywords: Labor Policies; Environmental Economics&Policies; Pensions&Retirement Systems; Banks&Banking Reform; Payment Systems&Infrastructure; Environmental Economics&Policies; Pensions&Retirement Systems; Banks&Banking Reform; Public Sector Economics&Finance; Economic Theory&Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-05-31
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