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The Macroeconomics of Ageing, Pensions and Savings A Survey
- Title
- The Macroeconomics of Ageing, Pensions and Savings [electronic resource]: A Survey / Richard Kohl and Paul O'Brien
- Author
- Kohl, Richard.
- Publication
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- O'Brien, Paul.
- Description
- 49 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- The effect of pension systems on public and private saving is important - savings are a crucial link between decisions today and living standards tomorrow. This paper, following a brief overview of pension systems in some OECD countries, reviews the empirical literature. Two important questions are: do unfunded public pension schemes reduce national saving? Do tax-favoured private saving schemes increase national saving? Quantitative estimates are highly uncertain, but the answers appear to be, "yes, by up 30 per cent of the funding gap"; and "yes, but often not by very much when the fiscal effects are considered." ...
- Series Statement
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.200
- Uniform Title
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.200.
- Subject
- Economics
- LCCN
- 10.1787/687160618113
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
- Kohl, Richard.
- Title
- The Macroeconomics of Ageing, Pensions and Savings [electronic resource]: A Survey / Richard Kohl and Paul O'Brien
- Imprint
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.
- Series
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.200OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.200.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Economics
- Added Author
- O'Brien, Paul.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 10.1787/687160618113 doi