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Experiences with Occupational Pensions in Denmark

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  • Svend E. Hougaard Jensen
  • Torben Möger Pedersen
  • Tove Birgitte Foxman

Abstract

This paper focuses on the development of the funded, occupational pension (OP) system in Denmark. Launched in 1987, as a grand agreement between social partners backed by the government, and as part of the collective wage bargaining process, the Danish OP system differs from the set-up in most other countries, where OP schemes typically have been introduced as part of the legislative process. The OP schemes, being a major component of the overall Danish pension system, have attracted a lot of international attention in recent years and play a key role behind the system’s success with respect to achieving satisfactory coverage, providing high replacement rates and not least, for keeping fiscal policy on a sustainable path. Finally, the paper discusses a number of future challenges, mainly related to the interaction between private and public pensions in a welfare state. Das Papier konzentriert sich auf die Entwicklung des Systems der kapitalgedeckten, betrieblichen Altersversorgung in Dänemark. Das dänische System, das 1987 als große Vereinbarung zwischen den Sozialpartnern, die von der Regierung unterstützt wird, und als Teil des Tarifverhandlungsprozesses eingeführt wurde, unterscheidet sich vom Aufbau in den meisten anderen Ländern, in denen Altersversorgungssysteme in der Regel im Rahmen des Gesetzgebungsprozesses eingeführt wurden. Die Altersversorgungssysteme, die ein wichtiger Bestandteil des gesamten dänischen Rentensystems sind, haben in den letzten Jahren große internationale Aufmerksamkeit erregt und spielen eine Schlüsselrolle für den Erfolg des Systems, wenn es darum geht, eine zufriedenstellende Abdeckung zu erreichen, hohe Ersatzraten zu erzielen und nicht zuletzt die Finanzpolitik auf einem nachhaltigen Weg zu halten. Schließlich wird in dem Papier auf eine Reihe künftiger Herausforderungen eingegangen, die sich vor allem auf die Wechselwirkung zwischen privater und staatlicher Altersvorsorge in einem Wohlfahrtsstaat beziehen.

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  • Svend E. Hougaard Jensen & Torben Möger Pedersen & Tove Birgitte Foxman, 2019. "Experiences with Occupational Pensions in Denmark," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 88(1), pages 11-30.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwvjh:88-1-2
    DOI: 10.3790/vjh.88.1.11
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    1. Ishay Wolf, 2021. "Political Stress and the Sustainability of Funded Pension Schemes: Introduction of a Financial Theory," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-12, November.
    2. Hougaard Jensen, Svend E. & Lassila, Jukka & Määttänen, Niku & Valkonen, Tarmo & Westerhout, Ed, 2019. "Top 3: Pension Systems in Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands," ETLA Working Papers 66, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
    3. Gylfi Zoega, 2021. "Financial Crises and Current Account Surpluses," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 49(2), pages 159-172, June.

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    Keywords

    Occupational pensions; pension taxation; fiscal sustainability; saving; retirement;
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    JEL classification:

    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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