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A long-term evaluation of recent Hungarian pension reforms

This paper studies the effect of Hungarian pension reforms between 2009-2012 on the adequacy and long-term fiscal stability of the Hungarian public pension system. For the adequacy analysis, we use a micro simulation model to project future initial pension levels relative to future gross wages. For the analysis of fiscal stability, we use a generational accounting-based macro model to forecast future yearly cash balances and calculate implicit pension liability (IPL) indicators. We find that major recent reforms have stabilized the public pension system until around 2035, but after this, mainly due to unfavorable demographic developments, we project increasing deficits that reach about 4% of GDP by 2060.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: MNB Working Papers ; No. 2016/2

Classification
Wirtschaft
Social Security and Public Pensions
Subject
Pension reforms
Sustainability of pension systems
Micro simulation

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Freudenberg, Christoph
Berki, Tamás
Reiff, Ádám
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
(where)
Budapest
(when)
2016

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Freudenberg, Christoph
  • Berki, Tamás
  • Reiff, Ádám
  • Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Time of origin

  • 2016

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