Aging, pension reform, and capital flows: A multi-country simulation model


Börsch-Supan, Axel ; Ludwig, Alexander ; Winter, Joachim

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URL: https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/887
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-8873
Document Type: Working paper
Year of publication: 2004
The title of a journal, publication series: MEA Discussion Papers
Volume: 064
Place of publication: Mannheim
Edition: Version August 2004
Publication language: English
Institution: School of Law and Economics > Sonstige - Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series: Veröffentlichungen des MEA (Mannheim Research Institute For the Economics of Aging) > MEA Discussion Papers
Subject: 330 Economics
Classification: JEL: E27 , F21 , G15 , H55 , J11,
Subject headings (SWD): Bevölkerungsentwicklung , Altern , Rentenreform , Kapital
Abstract: We present a quantitative analysis of the effects of population aging and pension reform on international capital markets. First, demographic change alters the time path of aggregate savings within each country. Second, this process may be amplified when a pension reform shifts old-age provision towards more pre-funding. Third, while the patterns of population aging are similar in most countries, timing and initial conditions differ substantially. Hence, to the extent that capital is internationally mobile, population aging will induce capital flows between countries. All three effects influence the rate of return to capital and interact with the demand for capital in production and with labor supply. In order to quantify these effects, we develop a computational general equilibrium model. We feed this multi-country overlapping generations model with detailed long-term demographic projections for seven world regions. Our simulations indicate that capital flows from fast-aging regions to the rest of the world will initially be substantial but that trends are reversed when households decumulate savings. We also conclude that closed-economy models of pension reform miss quantitatively important effects of international capital mobility.




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