Measuring intra-generational redistribution in PAYG pension schemes

Abstract: Voters in ageing societies expect pension reforms to be both inter-generationally and intra-generationally fair. In this paper, we propose a global measure of intra-generational redistribution in pay-as-you-go pension schemes as a basis for voters’ evaluations of reforms. Our novel index only requires information on contributions by and pension benefits paid to retirees, enabling us to measure intra-generational redistribution isolated from possible inter-generational redistribution. We rely on the contribution records of approximately 100,000 Germans, who progressed into retirement in 2007–2015, to measure the level of intra-generational redistribution in the German statutory pension scheme (GRV). A recent reform of the childcare benefit provision, which became effective in 2014, confirms the predictions of our index. The reform introduced additional benefits for a substantial subgroup of German mothers, owing to which the index value for women, but not for men, jumps up. Our findings suggests that GRV fulfills the ideal of a Bismarckian pension system without intra-generational redistribution for men, while women benefit significantly from intra-generational redistribution

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Public choice. - 190 (2022) , 53–73, ISSN: 1573-7101

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Schlagwort
Umlageverfahren
Rentenversicherung
Umverteilung
Intergenerative Belastungsrechnung
Generationengerechtigkeit
Indexberechnung
:z Geschichte 2007-2015
Deutschland

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2021
Urheber

DOI
10.1007/s11127-021-00914-w
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2211962
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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