The Insurance Role of Social Security : Theory and Lessons for Policy Reform /

This paper examines the impact of social security on welfare. The provision of social security reduces precautionary savings and encourages early retirement. Consequently, it lowers aggregate capital, employment, output, and consumption. On the other hand, it also provides old age insurance. This tr...

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Autor principal: Valdivia, Victor
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/113
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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