The Pension Puzzle: Prerequisites and Policy Choices in Pension Design
April 30, 2002
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Looks at the policy choices involved in creating pension schemes, particularly whether it is advisable to move away from government pay-as-you-go pensions toward private or publicly funded plans. Examines the reasons for the controversy surrounding pension design, and whether the second level of pension systems should be mandatory, private, funded, and defined-contribution.
Subject: Aging, Consumption, Expenditure, Labor, National accounts, Pension spending, Pensions, Population and demographics, Retirement
Keywords: Aging, Consumption, country, EI, government, government pay-as-you-go system, government pay-as-you-go-plan, pay-as-you-go, pay-as-you-go basis, pay-as-you-go pension, pay-as-you-go scheme, Pension spending, Pensions, Retirement, state pension
Pages:
28
Volume:
2002
DOI:
Issue:
002
Series:
Economic Issues No. 2002/002
Stock No:
EIIEA029
ISBN:
9781589061118
ISSN:
1020-5098
