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Title: | Pensions across generations : scenarios for the Maltese Islands |
Authors: | Vella, Melchior von Brockdorff, Philip |
Keywords: | Generations -- Malta Generational accounting -- Malta Pensions -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Citation: | Vella, M., & von Brockdorff, P. (2019). Pensions across generations: scenarios for the Maltese Islands. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 35(3), 280-298. |
Abstract: | This paper tests whether in a PAYG system there is an intergenerational balance between the contributions made during the working-career and the pension benefit received in retirement; covering different cohorts. The analysis takes Malta as a case study. Though the dependency ratio is comparatively low, the population is rapidly ageing. The results show that there is a generational imbalance with the young cohort unlikely to be any better off than those who have already retired. This however is sensitive to the assumed discount rate and the ‘no policy’ change scenario. The results also show that future generations may be net-gainers assuming a sustained level of wage growth. If, on the other hand, wage growth slows, the younger generation may become increasingly reliant on the bequests of older generations. This would explain why pressure has increased to regularly adjust the existing PAYG system as well to introduce other forms of pension schemes. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/91264 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEMAEco |
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