Alternative Pension Reform Strategies for Japan

Imperial College Business School Working Paper

65 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2005 Last revised: 22 Jun 2020

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David Miles

Imperial College Business School; The Bank of England; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Aleš Černý

Bayes Business School, City, University of London

Date Written: February 1, 2002

Abstract

This report summarises the research we have undertaken into the implications of various pension reform strategies in Japan. Reform is essential because ageing will generate extreme pressures on the public, unfunded pension system. We consider the macroeconomic, or aggregate, and the distributional implications of reforms that, to varying degrees, would increase reliance upon funded pensions. We also estimate the welfare implications of reforms by calculating the expected gains and losses to households of various generations. We take as a point of reference a scenario where unfunded pensions provide an income to the retired worth a high proportion of salaries at the end of their working life; we take that proportion to be 50% of gross (or around 70% of net) salaries.

Keywords: Aging population, pension reform, Japan

JEL Classification: D91, H55

Suggested Citation

Miles, David Kenneth and Černý, Aleš, Alternative Pension Reform Strategies for Japan (February 1, 2002). Imperial College Business School Working Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=851236 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.851236

David Kenneth Miles (Contact Author)

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Aleš Černý

Bayes Business School, City, University of London ( email )

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