Self-Employment and Support for the Dutch Pension Reform

March 19, 2019

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Izabela Karpowicz. Self-Employment and Support for the Dutch Pension Reform, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

The Netherlands’ pension system is characterized by high participation rates, adequate retirement income, strong capitalization and sustainability. Pressure points are arising, however, due to population aging and untransparent intergenerational transfers inherent in the system. Moreover, the Dutch pension system needs to adapt to the changing labor market landscape with an increasing share of workers in self-employment not covered by any pension arrangement. The government has proposed replacing collective defined-benefits schemes with personal accounts, and abolishing uniform premia and constant accrual rates. The micro-data analysis shows that allowing greater risk-taking and freedom of choice in managing pension savings could crowd self-employed into pension schemes.

Subject: Expenditure, Income, Labor, National accounts, Pension reform, Pension spending, Pensions, Self-employment

Keywords: Europe, Global, Gross income, Income, Income stream, Investment risk, Occupational pension, Pension, Pension contract, Pension reform, Pension spending, Pensions, Pillar pension schemes, Result, Risk, Risk attitude, Risk sharing, Self-employment, Self-employment status, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

26
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2019/064
Stock No:

WPIEA2019064
ISBN:

9781498302807
ISSN:

1018-5941

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