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Financing public pensions in Greece

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Title Financing public pensions in Greece
Financing public pensions in Greece
 
Creator Νεκτάριος, Μιλτιάδης
 
Subject Δημόσια οικονομική; Συντάξεις; Ελλάδα
Fiscal policy; Pensions; Greece
 
Description The Greek public pensions system is essentially unfunded and it operates on a pay-as-you-go
(PAYGO) basis. Serious financial problems are expected after the year 2010, and this is mainly
due to adverse demographic trends. The same problem is faced by most European countries.
Reform options range between fully funded schemes that will replace PAYGO systems in the
long-run, and mixed (two-tier) systems where a basic provision for old age is financed by pay-as
you-go and pensions insofar as they exceed this level have to be covered by capital funding.
We adopt the second alternative for Greece, and we prove that the proposed two-tier public
pension system is actuarially sound for the period 2000-50. Also, it will have positive side-effects
on capital formation, and eventually (after 2010-15) will result in a decrease in social insurance
contributions.
 
Publisher University of Piraeus
 
Date 2000-07-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://spoudai.unipi.gr/index.php/spoudai/article/view/1120
 
Source SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business; Vol 50, No 3-4 (2000); 125-139
2241-424X
1105-8919
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://spoudai.unipi.gr/index.php/spoudai/article/view/1120/1199
 
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