COMPLEMENTARY FUNDED PENSIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE USING AN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL APPLIED TO THE CASE OF TUNISIA

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Abstract

This paper presents a prospective analysis to guide effective pension reform. Using an overlapping generations model with differing returns on free savings and compulsory returns on funded pensions, we put into perspective the results largely supported in the economic literature that assume that replacing a pay-as-you-go pension scheme by funded plans boosts economic growth. We show that this reform is not necessarily synonymous with economic growth due to a crowding-out effect. Our contribution is not limited to theoretical results: we also assess the impacts empirically. Thus, we extend the theoretical model to take into account several periods and 55 generations. Simulation results, using a dynamic overlapping generations computable general equilibrium model calibrated for the Tunisian case, indicate that whether pension reform promotes capital accumulation and economic growth depends on the rate of return on funded pension savings relative to free savings.

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Cherni, H. C. (2021). COMPLEMENTARY FUNDED PENSIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE USING AN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL APPLIED TO THE CASE OF TUNISIA. Economic Annals, 66(231), 59–97. https://doi.org/10.2298/EKA2131059C

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