Fertility decline and a pay‐as‐you‐go pension system in a two‐sector model
Fertility decline and a pay‐as‐you‐go pension system in a two‐sector model
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双部门模型中的生育率下降和现收现付养老金制度
DOI:
10.1111/meca.12371
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发表时间:
2021
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影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Yanagihara Mitsuyoshi
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作者:
Hamada Kojun;Kaneko Akihiko;Yanagihara Mitsuyoshi
We investigate how fertility decline affects the benefit of a pay‐as‐you‐go pension using a two‐sector overlapping generations model. We show that whether fertility decline reduces pension benefits is determined by the capital intensity ranking between the two sectors. When the consumption‐goods sector is capital‐intensive, fertility decline decreases pension benefits. Contrastingly, when the investment‐goods sector is capital‐intensive, the size of the price elasticity determines whether fertility decline reduces pension benefits. When elasticity is sensitive, fertility declines increase pension benefits. We also present numerical simulations. Our results suggest that, although it remains theoretically possible that fertility decline increases pension benefits, such a paradoxical result is unlikely to occur .