Some Considerations Relevant to Prefunded Pensions in France

Author/Editor:

Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy

Publication Date:

July 1, 1995

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Summary:

Increasing use of life insurance instruments and company-sponsored funds in France suggests that French households may be inclined to a greater reliance on financial savings as a source of retirement income. This paper examines the challenges imposed by an aging population on the pay-as-you-go basic and supplementary pension systems, the growth of life insurance and company-sponsored funds in the absence of a comprehensive legislation on prefunded pensions, and issues related to prefunding pension schemes, such as the possibility of an welfare enhancing transition to prefunding; effects on capital markets in view of the experience in other OECD countries; and the importance of the transportability of pensions and measures fostering competition in financial markets.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1995/064

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

July 1, 1995

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451848502/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0641995

Pages:

36

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