Pension System Sustainability: Towards a Multidimensional Reform INCLUSIVE GROWTH FOR TRANSIONIAL MENA COUNTRIES MEEA 14 th ANNUAL CONFERENCE March 23-25, 2015 Hammamet, Tunisia
Increasing PAYG pension systems deficit Deficit
Unfavorable economic conditions High unemployment Low wage growth Inflation
Fertility Life expectancy Ageing Population Ageing Population
Computable General Equilibrium Model with Overlapping Generations Structure Intergenerational transfers Intergenerational transfers Changes in population structure
CGEM- OLG Computable general equilibrium model with overlapping generations: Auerbach and Kotlikoff (1987) Rutherford and Ramussen (2004)
Equilibrium Conditions State (Pension system ) Producers Households
Stages of the empirical analysis
Pension System Perspectives Under Unchanged Structure 0.7% % % 2030 Pension system deficit (% of GDP)
Unsustainable situation Reforms
Pension system sustainability in the long termMaintaining standards of living for pensionersAllow social coverage extension. Safeguarding acquired rights up to the date of the reform contributive capacity of employees and employers
Contribution rate Parametric reforms Remplacement rate Retirement age Complementary funded system
Contribution rate increase: reduce economic growth through the distortion on saving behavior. 36% in % in % in 2040 Pension level decrease: decline in the purchasing power of pensioners Retirement age increase : alleviate social contribution burden. Complementary pension funds: positive effects will take several years to be realized
Pension system equilibrium No negative effects No solution Simulation results
Parametric reforms Funded pillar Impasse The situation of the pension system is an undeniable urgency. A wide-ranging reform
Sustainability of Pensions: Towards a Multidimensional Reform
Policy conclusions