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EuropEan CEntrE EuropisChEs ZEntrum CEntrE EuropEn
poliCy BriE EBruary 2010
Fiscal and Pension Sustainability:Present and Future Issuesin EU Countriesby Asghar Zaidi
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The current adverse budgetaryposition combined with
long-term demands on public
resources generated by ageing
o population are sources
o fscal challenges
throughout the EU.
As the level o public debts sur-
passes previous historic levels,
awareness o the need or
credible austerity plans
is gaining momentum.
There are serious concerns in
the public discourse about how
EU countries can attain fscal
sustainability while also
maintaining the adequacy
o pension incomes.
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t Be d w. i vde e cex b ggge e c b cege ced b Eu ce. te, e e devee e ce Eu ce e -e wc e ee pc Be. sezg dcd cc e gve e ed.
Context: Fiscal sustainability challenges
aced by EU countries
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be g, we vdg x cee cd dge eed vee.
The real challenge or EU policy-
makers is to have the political
oresight and courage to make
the most appropriate, how-
ever unpopular, policy choices;
balancing between the easing o
the immediate pressures arising
rom the economic downturn
and the longer term
priorities or economic
and social policies.
The more high-quality and
independent data is admitted
to this debate, the easier it
becomes to persuade the public
about the need or and the
consequence o policy reorms.
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e c e iBp , b e ltC e e e e-e d GDp gw e e-c ed.
ge 1 w e wde v c ce w eec ec b g. Ce e dvded cege g,ed d w k, w 13 Eu ce beg cdeedg k ce. ag e, ied, Geece, e ued Kgd,sve d s ve e cege ed, e bg exce 10% GDp. lv, r d C e bed, j bew 10%.
Ireland, Greece, the United
Kingdom, Slovenia and Spain
ace serious challenges as their
fnancial sustainability gap is in
excess o 10% o GDP. Latvia,
Romania and Cyprus are not ar
behind, at just below 10%.
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Given that the recovery rom
the current economic downturn
seems to be altering, it is im-
portant that any spending cuts
or tax increases do not impact
negatively on societys more
vulnerable groups.
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Future pension policy will
eature strong incentives to-
wards continued employment
and longer working careers, im-
proved public pension coverage
or working age populations, and
the provision o suitable ways to
enhance private personal sav-
ings. A more realistic revision opension benefts, with guaran-
teed minimum provisions, to
improve aordability o public
pension schemes, may also
be necessary.
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te e w c-ke g be edg ee
cege? a e geec eve, e c de ce ve e, b ke d e ce. W e bd e - ce, ce eed (ce ) vde ceve wdge e e, cbg wd wg dw ed kg wkg ge . te c dve w e e b ke ce w be ece e ee e ewkg ge , eec e w d bee c wee g (e.g. e w g cde, de wke,d dbed e w edced cbe).
pe c w eed cee d b kec ve, w ceve wd ee d ge wk-g cee eedg be egeed, ed vee ecvege bc e cee wkg ge , ev be w-c ec ecge ve evg d, wee be, e ec ev e beev ve db bc e cee. a eee e ec e, d pc Be vde ge w e ce gee w be cgg e e w eEu ce.
rece e e Eu ce ve bee ed b e w-g c ee: tightening eligibility conditions (particularly for early retirement and
db e cee); scaling down the level of public pension benets and their growth (in
e wge); d moving towards increasing the ofcial retirement age.
a dec ceece ee e e exec ee
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eced wke bece we-ed e e ec d wg d wd-kg eecve. W c eec d e bee bev ee, eed eeee ce w be cg c e e ce.sc c cce, .e. e gee de e edg e e e e e , w e gve-e ee ce de evee c ee dcee e cee e eve d ve e dd vg ee, e ee ged 65 e e execed be j Eu ce, kg e we eec ce.sc cce, be eeed e ce b c-ege, e b e e pc Be.
Pension income sustainability challenges
pe c e cde v dee eve eeece ee ee d ed vg ve e d ge. a w e ee Be (Zd 2010), dg 2008eg Eu ce wee ed deed cg e cege de g ve k g e ede . te deke bew gg w e ce gee wke e execed e w eec e ce d ve
k we e w be eg.
o e b vbe, ee be w c be ded exe e ev e ce Eu ce: To examine changes in the benet ratio that measures the generosity
vege bc e bee e e vege wge; eed de cde bewee 2007 d 2060.
To analyse the changes expected in the average rst pension as a
e vege wge; e e ed ed e e bee .
To discuss what impact pension reforms are likely to have on pensionce ecee w, vege d bve vege wge wke.tee e, e wke w ee ee d-g 2006, w e cve eec e eed vee 10-15 e ed ce wke w e e cee wkg.
tee ee e vde g w e ce e eee e gg be eced. ne ee ee ewee ced bee e e e c, e ee e -
e dje e jec e e edg we ec GDp d ee.
The need or pension literacy
is not limited to policy-makers:
the traditional patterns o lie
course or all people
the duration o working and
retirement lives, diversity in sav-
ing mechanisms or retirement
and their associated risks have
been irrevocably aected by lie
expectancy gains. In the absence
o rational responses by workers
o longer working careers and
greater private pension savings,
there is a risk that their
pension incomes will be
unsustainably low.
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Beneft ratio
te bee eec dce e devee e eve ve e vege e (bc e edg dvded b be e-e) w eec e vege wge (xed b e GDp e wked). a e g eg c, dece e bee w w e gee bc e, we edcg ec geg bc ce, d vce ve.4
te ece ceed ee geg eed bc exedeb e Ee C gge e jeced bee
w be decg e j Eu ce, ve e ed 2007-2060 (Ecc pc Cee, 2009, . 111). tee e eeeed ge 2, wc k ce g e ccdg e deceg eve -k--ve e dg 2008 ( w Zd 2010, ge 1). Ke e c be deed w:
In countries with a high at-risk-of-poverty rate during 2008, the mag-de e dece e bee e g Ed lv. hweve, b ce, e execed dece w bee b e ew ve e, g dece b 18%
execed E. t, E execed be cg k cg be g ve k c de e e.
In countries with a low at-risk-of-poverty rate during 2008, the decline
e bee e g pd (-54%), swede (-39%),a (-30%), svk (-27%) d ce (-25%). W e exce svk, e dece bc e gee w be eb e d e cee bece e e bee w be e 20%. t, e bece ce-cg c cge, e eee pd, swede, a d
ce e k beg e e e ce w. In the middle group, Portugal could be identied as the country where
e ve k e ede execed be ge e e, bece g bee . i i, e e d,e bee e g e ge 2060, dee e beved dg e ed 2007-2060.
Greece is in a league of its own, as it remains the country with by far
e ge bee , dee dg e ed e.s d C e ce w ce ve gbee e e. i c be execed e e,
ec bc edg ee ce, w cee ek e eee w ee c e e ece.
In Estonia, Poland, Sweden,
Austria, France and Portugal,
the average pensions o uture
retirees will all (relative to
average wages), leaving their
citizens acing pension sustain-
ability risks. Curiously, none o
these countries have high-risk
fscal sustainability issues, andmost have implemented
pension reorms recently.
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Public pensions only Public + Private pensions
2007 2060 % cge 2007 2060 % cge
Beg 45 42 -7%
Czec rebc 33 27 -18% 33 27 -18%
Dek 33 33 0% 71 84 18%
E 28 16 -43% 28 31 11%
Geece 61 67 10%
i 67 49 -27%
lv 33 22 -33% 33 33 0%
l 32 29 -9% 32 37 16%
lxebg 53 62 17%
hg 49 38 -22% 49 43 -12%
a 49 38 -22%pg 58 56 -3%
r 36 44 22% 36 49 36%
swede 49 31 -37%
tee cge e Grr gge e vege bc ew be we ve Eu ce, efecg e c e execc g dced e cc e bee.
hweve, eed bve, e ce e ce c
ke e we e bc cee. t ce- e ee Bc se, wee ce ve ecee execed e e bc e.hweve, eve we e ve e e cced , eGrr jeced e Czec rebc d hg ( evece vdg e ve e). tee e cce e ece c d ecc c ve deed ge e e ve vg, d e eg c g be g jeced b e Ee C Ecc pc Cee.
tee e e c w ce . exe, c be execed vew g ecee e ee w be edec exed wkg ve d ece e eee -ce. neee, e cb g e bccee d e we e e ve e cee, g-de e ee e bc e dex e wce, bd e ve k g e eee.
Impact o pension reorms on uture pension incomes
ae ve w e e cge e e ce e ne recee r (nrr) bee d e e
Table 1:
G avege receere ( %) eeced
Eu ce d edbewee 2007-2060
ne:
te G avege recee re
cced e vege e
e e ec-wde
vege wge.
sce:
te 2009 ageg re, . 111.
Sweden, Italy, Austria, the
Czech Republic and Hungaryshow a considerable decline
in the value o frst pensions
during the period between
2007 and 2060 raising pension
sustainability concerns
in these countries.
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e. tee e e exced pe Gce (oECD,2009: ce 2) d e e ew dee e e ed b e Ee C tbe 1. re 12Eu ce e cded tbe a.1 (aex a1) d e e ec e e wke w eeed e b ke 2006. te ce e e w e ceede e eed e e w e bee wd vebee eceved d e e bee cged.
te e w e eed e e ecee e: , e ve e e eee, e xe, ced w e
eve eg we wkg, e xe d cb. ecc, e w w e w ee: wke eg50% e ec-wde vege ec e e ee wkg e.te ecd w w e e ecee e vege eed e d w bve vege ee (wke eg 150% e vege).
Deedg e eec e e e e eeece wke dee eg eve, ce c be dvded ee g: ce w e eced w ee,
ce w e egeed e k bewee eg dcb, d ce w e eed c-e-bd c bee.
Recent pension reorms have
wrought structural changes in
EU pension systems: the United
Kingdom, Belgium, Germany,
France and Finland have pro-
tected low earners; in Poland,
Hungary and Slovakia, the link
between earnings and contribu-
tions have been strengthened;
and Portugal, Italy and Austria
have resulted in across-the-
board cuts in pension benefts.
Figure 3:
ic e e e ecee e beg eve eec
ce eced
w ee
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
20
110
Netreplacementrates
GermanyFrance FinlandUnited KingdomBelgiumCzech Republic
Half the average Average Twice the average
Rates after reform and direction of change
sce:
oECD (2009), . 80.
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i pd, ee g dece e e eee ew e w ee: -22%. i c, e e eee ex-eced g vege ee d ee g eve be e g ee (+8%). te e c svk g ee e beved pd, b e dece e e ee-e w ee e (-13%) d e e beved gee cdeb ge (+22.7%).
te c e e hg e e e ued Kgd d Beg: e e w be eg e e eee c e bd. hweve, hg, e e
e e eee w ee c e beved wke w ge eg.
te e ce e ceg wc e w e c bee b w, vege d bve-vegeee (ee ge 5). tee ce beve c-e-bd c e bee. pg ke beve e ge dece eecee e, wed b i d a. Dee ee c-e-bd c, ee ce w ce e eveg e ecee e.
Figure 5:
ic e e e ecee e b
eg eve eec ce eed
c-e-bd c
e bee
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
20
110
Netreplacementrates
AustriaPortugal Italy
Half the average Average Twice the average
Rates after reform and direction of change
sce:
oECD (2009), . 80.
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Conclusionste cege c b Eu ce ce e we dc-eed, d e c jb ddeg e. B, e c c e w e e e e d ce e eee e ce deeed. t pc Be ddeed e. E, e eed ed c eede e c-e ecc ce wde ecged. a e e e, e eec c ke w e e e c d c cegeg ked. t Be eze c-ke e eed bewe e c dec c c e e ece d ce gee e ee.
pc dec eed ke e dece bce bewee ce e-cve ege d e b bc ce d e.Ce d bd c c cce e eed gve-e, deve cedbe eg edce bc deb, b wcg e ec ce d e weee c e deged ec e de gee.te e cce e eee e e bee b w ce gee, d/ ce e-e edg ege ecve ce c, eve ee, d weve , eed be eed e bece
de c eed.
te ex ew e w dbed be cc e Eu gv-ee k e gc e e cve eccce wc ege e ecve e c, b e ee ce e dge vec. a e e e,e cc eee vd e dge e gee wd be e e e ed e e -b. t bce e eed d de ee, b ce de, w e c ce c ce d e e
c eve. c e ce c eed ee e vdce ce c ce de egdwk e, e bgge, c ce. acevg b-ce ee e c w ke g c dec,b e b ede e bc w ee ee ke e ce cce ee e b e c e.
te c d e e dced Be c be ed w:
Financial sustainability challenges. te s2 dc e Eccpc Cee 13 Eu ce g e g k ce,
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c, ied, Geece, e ued Kgd, sve d se e k w b g exce 10% GDp. lv, r d C, w e bew 10%, w cebed.
Pension sustainability concerns: pensions vs wages. Ce jec- bc e d wge e ed 2007-2060 g-ge e e ee E, pd, swede, a, ced pg e g k we eve e. i cve e e ee ce ee vg g-k cb e, d e ve eed ge e e d-g e decde.
Pension sustainability concerns: frst pension indicator. sx cew cdebe dece e ve e dg eed bewee 2007 d 2060: swede, i, a, d e Czecrebc d hg. te eec ece c d eccce e ve vg gge E d lv, db l, w be dded . t we e ee ce, ed w ce dex, dc eeee ee ce e g k beg e e ve.
Structural changes in pension systems due to pension reorms.
a ce e evdece cge e e weec e eee edb d/ kge cb e eee. pe e e ceve eced w ee e ued Kgd, Beg, Ge-, ce d d. i e ce, e k bewee egd cb ve bee egeed pd, hg d s-vk. , e e ve eed c-e-bd c e bee pg, i d a.
tg e e ed ee k bek, eed be e-
ed e ce eege e, , e c de.t bece e bk e w d ed ee w ceced e e e ce ecc c, d eeg ece w e eved jec wd be, we djed e w e ecc ee e gvee deb d ()ee jec e eegg e c. te c e b bc ce e gg e eed eee e d e deedece e evdece be wcdec e de: e e g- evdece ded debe e cceed g dc w d ex,
e ee bece e c ee d ede ebc b e eed , d e ceece cge.
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Notes
1 exe, e ued Kgd, edg ec, cdg e ce ec e im d e de Gve e Bk Egd, w e c e c bdgedec w e ee e ex e cd gge cdece, ee e, dee e d d eee ecve e ece (Sunday Times, 14 eb 2010).
2 te e ee bd ed b e gvee eg cece; e wed e de eveeg bd ced veeg deb.
3 see Ke e . (2004) e dc e.
4 oe e c wd be wee e geg ebc edg ve cged dg e ed e, d ec ed Be.
Reerences
Ecc pc Cee (2009) te 2009 ageg re: Eccd Bdge pjec e Eu-27 mebe se (2008-2060),J re eed b e Ee C (DG ECin) de Ecc pc Cee (aWG), European Economy2|2009.
Ecc pc Cee (2009b) sb re 2009,European Economy9|2009.Ke, a. / Kwj, a. / Zd, a. (2004) te m Wkg,
Labour Economics 11: 293-313.oECD (2009) Pensions at a Glance 2009: Retirement-Income Systems in
OECD Countries, p.Zd, a. (2010), pve rk ode pee Eu Ce a
ude, pc Be J (ii), Ee Cee sc Weepc d reec, Ve.
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Table A.1: Impact of pension reforms on net replacement rates by earnings level, stylisedestimates from OECD for full career workers, 2009
Countries Earnings level Before After%age point
differenceChange (%)
Reforms that protected low earners
Germany Half the average 56.4 59.2 2.8 5%
Average 66.6 61.3 -5.3 -8%
Twice the average 66.4 60.3 -6.1 -9%
France Half the average 79.7 76.2 -3.5 -4%
Average 78.2 65.7 -12.5 -16%
Twice the average 70.8 60.2 -10.6 -15%
Finland Half the average 75.9 73.2 -2.7 -4%
Average 71.4 62.4 -9.0 -13%
Twice the average 72.4 63.8 -8.6 -12%
UK Half the average 51.9 63.8 11.9 23%
Average 39.8 40.9 1.1 3%
Twice the average 28.3 29.2 0.9 3%
Belgium Half the average 74.2 78.7 4.5 6%
Average 62.1 63.7 1.6 3%
Twice the average 50.6 51.7 1.1 2%
Czech Repub. Half the average 86.7 95.3 8.6 10%
Average 58.1 64.1 6.0 10%Twice the average 44.6 49.4 4.8 11%
Reforms that strengthened the link between contributions and earnings
Poland Half the average 97.1 74.4 -22.7 -23%
Average 76.9 74.9 -2.0 -3%
Twice the average 69.7 75.0 5.3 8%
Slovakia Half the average 76.4 66.3 -10.1 -13%
Average 75.9 72.7 -3.2 -4%
Twice the average 52.2 74.9 22.7 43%
Hungary Half the average 85.9 94.3 8.4 10%
Average 83.2 105.5 22.3 27%
Twice the average 79.1 99.2 20.1 25%Across-the-board cuts in benefits
Austria Half the average 98.4 90.5 -7.9 -8%
Average 99.2 90.3 -8.9 -9%
Twice the average 95.1 86.3 -8.8 -9%
Italy Half the average 99.1 74.8 -24.3 -25%
Average 99.1 74.8 -24.3 -25%
Twice the average 99.2 77.1 -22.1 -22%
Portugal Half the average 106.1 63.7 -42.4 -40%
Average 112.0 69.6 -42.4 -38%
Twice the average 110.8 72.0 -38.8 -35%
Source: OECD 2009, pp.80
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