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Intergenerational Risk Sharing, Pensions and Endogenous Labor Supply in General Equilibrium

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  • Roel Beetsma
  • Ward E. Romp
  • Siert J. Vos

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In the context of a two-tier pension system, with a pay-as-you-go first tier and a fully funded second tier, we demonstrate that a system with a defined wage-indexed second tier performs strictly better than one with a defined contribution or defined real benefit second tier. The former completely separates systematic redistribution (confined to the first tier) from intergenerational risk sharing (the role of the second tier). This way labor supply is undistorted.

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  • Roel Beetsma & Ward E. Romp & Siert J. Vos, 2008. "Intergenerational Risk Sharing, Pensions and Endogenous Labor Supply in General Equilibrium," CESifo Working Paper Series 2185, CESifo.
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