KDI JEP Equity across Generations and Uncertainty within a Generation: A Welfare Analysis of the National Pension System May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019
This paper utilizes a life-cycle overlapping-generations model to quantify the welfare effects of plans to postpone the depletion of the National Pension Fund. In order for the model to incorporate the rapidly changing demographic structure of Korea fully, we build and calibrate a model in transition directly. The model is considered suitable for analyzing the effects of demographic changes on the Korean economy and the effects of plans to change the National Pension System. According to a simulation of the model, to postpone the depletion of the National Pension Fund for 30 years, the premium rate must be increased to 18.3% from the current rate of 9%. By postponing the depletion of the fund reserve, young and future generations gain significantly at the expense of the older generations. The simulation results should be, however, interpreted as meaning that the current system is unjustifiably partial to the older generations. Moreover, given the current premium rate, it is desirable to strengthen the income-redistribution function of the National Pension System.
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Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. A Macroeconomic Model of the National Pension System
Ⅲ. Calibration
Ⅳ. Benchmark Model Simulation
Ⅴ. An Analysis of Welfare Changes in the National Pension System Improvement Plans
Ⅵ. Summary and Conclusion
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