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Tunisian Pension System Sustainability: Towards A Multidimensional Reform

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  • Tahar ABDESSALEM

    (LEGI, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie)

  • Houyem CHEKKI CHERNI

    (LEGI, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie)

Abstract

Using a computable general equilibrium model with overlapping generations we found that accounting reforms of the Tunisian pension system led to a dead end. The results point to the ineffectiveness of the reforms based only on changing pension parameters to ensure sustainability of the system. The effect of such measures will be limited, even in the short term. Such restricted impact can be attributed to the massive increase of pension system deficits, indicating that the pension situation is an undeniable urgency. Therefore, a wide-range reform of the current pension system is inevitable. In the medium and long term, a structural reform should be adopted. A new and fruitful direction of reform would consist in diversifying financing sources by expanding the contribution base for pension financing beyond labor income.

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  • Tahar ABDESSALEM & Houyem CHEKKI CHERNI, 2016. "Tunisian Pension System Sustainability: Towards A Multidimensional Reform," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 44, pages 165-182.
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    Keywords

    PAY-AS-YOU-GO PENSION SYSTEM; FUNDED PENSION; AGEING POPULATION; OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS;
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    JEL classification:

    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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