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The Problems and Prospects Faced by Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems: A Case Study of Greece

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  • Paul Mylonas
  • Christine de la Maisonneuve

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Without further reforms, pay-as-you-go pension systems throughout most of continental Europe face unsustainable financial imbalances as their population ages. Though this paper describes the Greek pension system, which will face especially severe financial strains, it sheds light on the pension problems of other continental European countries, as these countries’ systems share many common features. The main focus of the paper is on the factors of the Greek pay-as-you-go system which result in its future unsustainability. Exacerbating the deteriorating demographics, the system is characterised by very generous pensions relative to contributions for the pre-1993 generation of workers, as well as other incentives/provisions to retire early. To highlight these facets, the study provides simulations of the generosity of different categories of individual pensions under different scenarios as well as projections of aggregate pension expenditures and revenues. It concludes with options ... S’ils ne font pas l’objet de réformes supplémentaires, les systèmes de retraite par répartition de la plupart des pays d’Europe continentale vont être confrontés à des déséquilibres financiers non viables dus au vieillissement de la population. Ce document décrit le système grec de retraite qui va devoir faire face à des difficultés financières particulièrement importantes. Cependant il expose aussi les problèmes des systèmes de pension des autres pays d’Europe continentale puisque ces régimes ont de nombreuses caractéristiques communes. Le document analyse principalement les éléments du système grec de retraite par répartition qui conduiront à sa non-viabilité future. Outre l’évolution démographique défavorable, le système se caractérise par la générosité des pensions au regard des cotisations pour les travailleurs entrés dans la population active avant 1993, ainsi que par d’autres incitations/dispositifs qui favorisent les départs en retraite anticipée. Pour mettre en évidence ...

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  • Paul Mylonas & Christine de la Maisonneuve, 1999. "The Problems and Prospects Faced by Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems: A Case Study of Greece," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 215, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:215-en
    DOI: 10.1787/286670310381
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    1. Eleni Karagiannaki, 2011. "Changes in the Living Arrangements of Elderly People in Greece: 1974–1999," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 30(2), pages 263-285, April.
    2. Karagiannaki, Eleni, 2005. "Changes in the living arrangements of elderly people in Greece: 1974-1999," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 6246, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Manuel Bétin & Tim Bulman & Thomas Chalaux & Boris Cournède & Alain de Serres & Claude Giorno & Yvan Guillemette, 2020. "OECD contribution to the evaluation of the ESM financial assistance programme for Greece," Discussion Papers 12, European Stability Mechanism, revised 27 Oct 2021.
    4. Manos Matsaganis, 2007. "Union Structures and Pension Outcomes in Greece," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 45(3), pages 537-555, September.
    5. Eleni Karagiannaki, 2005. "Changes in the Living Arrangements of Elderly People in Greece: 1974-1999," CASE Papers 104, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.

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