Paper #652

Títol:

Evaluating Spanish pension expenditure under alternativa reform scenario

Autors:

Sergi Jiménez-Martín i Michele Boldrin

Data:

Novembre 2002

Resum:

In this paper we evaluate the quantitative impact that a number of alternative reform scenarios may have on the total expenditure for public pensions in Spain. Our quantitative findings can be summarized in two sentences. For all the reforms considered, the financial impact of the mechanical effect (change in benefits) is order of magnitudes larger than the behavioral impact or change in behavior. For the two Spanish reforms, we find once again that their effect on the outstanding liability of the Spanish Social Security System is essentially negligible: neither the mechanical nor the behavioral effects amount to much for the 1997 reform, and amount to very little for the 2002 amendment.

Paraules clau:

Social security, reform, Spain, option value

Codis JEL:

H55, J26

Àrea de Recerca:

Economia Laboral, Pública, de Desenvolupament i de la Salut / Estadística, Econometria i Mètodes Quantitatius

Publicat a:

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications, Jon Gruber and D. Wise (eds), Chicago University Press for the NBER, forthcoming in 2007

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