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Pension reform and unemployment outcomes

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  • Mouna Ben Othman
  • Mohamed Ali Marouani

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This article discusses the interactions among pension reform, labor market and inter-generational distribution issues through an overlapping general equilibrium approach with imperfect labor markets. Workers with different ages are imperfectly substitutable and wages do not clear labor markets. Increasing contribution rates has a strong negative effect on welfare and unemployment, particularly, for the youth. Contrary to the popular wisdom, postponing the retirement age does not entail an increase in youth unemployment. The change in incentives induces a substitution of old-age workers by young workers who constitute the cheapest labor category. However, this scenario substantially increases the implicit tax for older workers as well as for the youngest. Finally, the middle-aged are those that benefit the most from welfare increasing reforms.

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  • Mouna Ben Othman & Mohamed Ali Marouani, 2022. "Pension reform and unemployment outcomes," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 264-281, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmdjxx:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:264-281
    DOI: 10.1080/17938120.2022.2086367
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