A Tradeoff between the Output and Current Account Effects of Pension Reform /

We compare the long-term output and current account effects of pension reforms that increase the retirement age with those of reforms that cut pension benefits, conditional on reforms achieving similar fiscal targets. We show the presence of a policy trade-off. Pension reforms that increase the reti...

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Main Author: Catalan, Mario
Other Authors: Magud, Nicolas
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/283
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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