Social security and trust fund management

被引:5
作者
Oshio, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Kobe Univ, Nada Ku, Kobe, Hyogo 6578501, Japan
关键词
trust fund; social security; intergenerational equity;
D O I
10.1016/j.jjie.2004.08.002
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In this paper we investigate why and to what extent the government should have a social security trust fund, and how it should manage the fund in the face of demographic shocks, based on a simple overlapping-generations model. We show that, given an aging population, a trust fund in some form could achieve the (modified) golden rule or to offset the negative income effect of a PAYGO system. Besides, in a closed economy where factor-prices effects dominate, using the trust fund as a buffer for demographic shocks could lead to a widening of intergenerational inequality. We also the discuss policy implications of our analysis on the social security reform debate in Japan, including the fixed tax method and the use of the trust fund in the face of a rapidly aging population. J Japanese Int. Economies 18 (4) (2004) 528-550. Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:528 / 550
页数:23
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