Life Cycle, Employment and Retirement

Course 2Social security issues

Jean-Olivier HAIRAULT, Professeur à Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne et à l’Ecole d’Economie de Paris (EEP)

Different issues

Capital accumulation vs. insurance

But

Defined benefit vs. Defined contribution

PAYG vs. funded

Impact on capital accumulation

Saving motives

The role of altruism

The role of altruism

The role of altruism: references

De Nardi, M., “Wealth Inequality and Intergenerational

Links,” Review of Economic Studies 71 (July 2004), 743—

768.

“A Welfare Analysis of Social Security in a Dynastic

Framework”, (Luisa Fuster, Ayse İmrohoroğlu and

Selahattin İmrohoroğlu), International Economic

Review, Vol. 44, No. 4, November 2003.

“Elimination of Social Security in a Dynastic Framework’’,

(Luisa Fuster, Ayse İmrohoroğlu and Selahattin

İmrohoroğlu), Review of Economic Studies. forthcoming

Life uncertainty and annuity provisions

Income uncertainty and SS progressivity

Income uncertainty: References

“The Risk-Sharing Implications of Alternative Social Security

Arrangements,” Storesletten, K., C. I. Telmer and A. Yaron,

Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 50

(June 1999), 213—259.

A Welfare Analysis of Social Security in a Dynastic

Framework”, (Luisa Fuster, Ayse İmrohoroğlu and

Selahattin İmrohoroğlu), International Economic

Review, Vol. 44, No. 4, November 2003.

Capital rate of return uncertainty

Capital Rate of return uncertainty: References

“Intergenerational Risk-Sharing and Risk-Taking of a

Pension Fund,” Gollier, C., Journal of Public Economics

(December, 2007)

Krueger, D. and F. Kubler, “Pareto-Improving Social Security

Reform When Financial Markets are Incomplete!?”

American Economic Review, June, 2006.

Dirk Krueger & Felix Kubler, 2002. "Intergenerational Risk-

Sharing via Social Security when Financial Markets Are

Incomplete," American Economic Review, American

Economic Association, vol. 92(2), pages 407-410, May.

Redistribution

Inequality and Social Security: References

“On the Distributional Effects of Social Security Reform,”

Huggett, M. and G. Ventura, Review of Economic Dynamics

(July 1999), 498—531.

Inequality and Social Security Reforms, Journal of Economic

Dynamics and Control, (J.O Hairault and F. Langot), 2008.

Le caractère plus égalitaire de la retraite par répartition:

une cause entendue?  (joint with F. Langot), in  Revue

d'Economie Politique, 2002, vol. 112, p.563-572.

Impact on labor supply decisions

Intensive margin

Individual hours

“Elimination of Social Security in a Dynastic Framework’’,

(Luisa Fuster, Ayse İmrohoroğlu and Selahattin

İmrohoroğlu), Review of Economic Studies. forthcoming

Extensive margin

Retirement Age and Social Security Provisions : References

Economics of retirement, Alan L. Gustman and Thomas L. Steinmeier

Ageing and retirement age. What can we learn from the Overlapping Generations Model ? Antoine d'Autume

Blanchet D. and L. Caussat (2000), Le libre choix de l’âge de la retraite, approche économique, in Retraites choisies et progressives, D. Taddei ed., Rapport du Conseil d’Analyse Economique, La Documentation française

Gruber, J. and D.Wise, “Social Security and Retirement: An International Comparison,” American Economic Review 88 (May 1998), 158—163.

Inciter à différer le départ en retraite: une analyse en termes de courbe de Laffer (joint with F. Langot and T. Sopraseuth), in  Revue d'Economie Politique, 2005, 115, p.241-263.

Quantifying the Laffer Curve on the Continued Activity Tax in a Dynastic Framework. International Economic Review,  (J.O. Hairault, F. Langot and T. Sopraseuth), Forthcoming.