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Nexus between housing and pension policies in Singapore: measuring retirement adequacy of the Central Provident Fund

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  • CHIA, NGEE CHOON
  • TSUI, ALBERT K.C.

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Empirically, in many developed countries, homeownership rises with age. Both housing wealth and financial wealth affect retirement adequacy. Focusing replacement rates based on pension incomes alone may detract from the full retirement adequacy picture, as homeowners do not pay rent and hence need less cash. This paper adopts a wider perspective of retirement adequacy and includes net imputed rents in the calculation of replacement rates to gauge retirement adequacy. Including net imputed rents in replacement rates calculation is particularly important for Singapore, given the prevalence of house ownership, made possible by the nexus between retirement and housing policies. Workers can use part of the monthly contributions to Singapore's central provident fund to finance housing. While this would tradeoff retirement savings, it boosts spendable income for home-owning retirees. It is found that incorporating net imputed rent in the computation of replacement rates boosts the replacement rates by 12 percentage points for a male median worker and by 15 percentage points for female median workers.

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  • Chia, Ngee Choon & Tsui, Albert K.C., 2019. "Nexus between housing and pension policies in Singapore: measuring retirement adequacy of the Central Provident Fund," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(2), pages 304-330, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:18:y:2019:i:02:p:304-330_00
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    1. Matthew C. Record, 2021. "Offsetting Risk in a Neoliberal Environment: The Link between Asset-Based Welfare and NIMBYism," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-21, November.

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