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Household saving rates and the design of public pension programmes: cross-country evidence

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  • Richard Disney

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I argue that the offsetting effect of public pension contributions on household retirement saving depends on how closely the public pension programme imitates a private retirement saving plan (i.e. the ‘actuarial’ content of the public pension programme) – the closer the design of the programme to a private retirement saving plan, the higher the offset. I estimate the determinants of household saving rates in a cross-country panel, augmenting standard measures of public pension programme generosity and cost by indicators that proxy the actuarial component of the programme. These indicators affect saving rates as predicted.

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  • Richard Disney, 2007. "Household saving rates and the design of public pension programmes: cross-country evidence," Discussion Papers 07/02, University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM).
    • Handle: RePEc:not:notcfc:07/02
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    pension reform; household saving.;

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