Capital-skill complementarity and the redistributive effects of Social Security Reform

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Year: 2008
Volume: 92
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 672-683

Score contribution per author:

2.018 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper analyses the general equilibrium implications of reforming pay-as-you-go pension systems in an economy with heterogeneous agents, human capital investment and capital-skill complementarity. It shows that increasing funding, by raising savings, delivers in the long run higher physical and human capital and therefore higher output, but also higher across-group wage and income inequality. It also shows that the general equilibrium effects induced by this reform affect groups' sizes in a way that the higher across-group inequality generated by more funding goes with a larger share of the population against redistribution.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:pubeco:v:92:y:2008:i:3-4:p:672-683
Journal Field
Public
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25