Arbeitspapier
Longevity gap and pension contribution cap
A basic function of public pension systems is to guarantee a satisfactory old-age income for short-sighted low earners. In proportional (i.e., earnings-related) systems, this requires a sufficiently high contribution rate. At the same time, there should be a cap on the pension contribution base to leave sufficient room for the efficient private savings of prudent high earners. Taking into account the dependence of life expectancy on the earnings (figuratively called longevity gap), a well-chosen cap has an additional advantage: it limits the unintended income redistribution from the short-lived to the long-lived. Our strongly stylized model is able to illustrate numerically the impact of the contribution rate and of the cap on the social welfare and the unintended income redistribution.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: KRTK-KTI Working Papers ; No. KRTK-KTI WP - 2022/09
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Household Behavior: General
Social Security and Public Pensions
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- Thema
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public pension system
cap
longevity gap
income redistribution
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Simonovits, András
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
- (wo)
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Budapest
- (wann)
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Simonovits, András
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Entstanden
- 2022
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