Pension Reform, Retirement and Life-Cycle Unemployment

CESifo Working Paper No. 2163

University of St. Gallen, Department of Economics, Discussion Paper No. 2007-43

47 Pages Posted: 12 Dec 2007

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Christian Jaag

University of St. Gallen - Institute of Public Finance and Fiscal Law; Swiss Economics

Christian Keuschnigg

University of St. Gallen – Department of Economics (FGN-HSG); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Swiss Finance Institute

Mirela Keuschnigg

University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences

Date Written: December 2007

Abstract

The labor market effects of pension reform stem from retirement behavior and from job search and hours worked of prime age workers. This paper investigates the impact of four often proposed policy measures for sustainable pensions: strengthening the tax benefit link, moving from wage to price indexation of benefits, lengthening calculation periods, and introducing more actuarial fairness in pension assessment. We provide some analytical results and use a computational model to demonstrate the economic and welfare impact of recent pension reform in Austria.

Keywords: pension reform, retirement, job search, life-cycle unemployment

JEL Classification: D58, D91, H55, J26, J64

Suggested Citation

Jaag, Christian Yvo and Jaag, Christian Yvo and Keuschnigg, Christian and Keuschnigg, Mirela, Pension Reform, Retirement and Life-Cycle Unemployment (December 2007). CESifo Working Paper No. 2163, University of St. Gallen, Department of Economics, Discussion Paper No. 2007-43, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1070688 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1070688

Christian Yvo Jaag

University of St. Gallen - Institute of Public Finance and Fiscal Law ( email )

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Mirela Keuschnigg

University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences ( email )

University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen, CH-9000
Switzerland

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