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International Differences in Social Security and Saving

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Martin Feldstein

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The U.S. Social Security Administration, in cooperation with similar agencies in other countries, recently developed estimates of social security benefits for twelve major industrial countries. The present paper uses these data to estimate the effects of social security benefits on saving and retirement in an extended life cycle model. The parameter estimates indicate that, with retirement behavior given, social security significantly reduces private saving: an increase of the benefit-to-earnings ratio by 10 percentage points reduces the saving rate by approximately 3 percentage points.

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Paper provided by National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc in its series NBER Working Papers with number 0355.

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  1. Martin Feldstein, 1979. "The Effect of Social Security on Saving," NBER Working Papers 0334, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Martin Feldstein & Charles Horioka, 1980. "Domestic Savings and International Capital Flows," NBER Working Papers 0310, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Boskin, Michael J, 1977. "Social Security and Retirement Decisions," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 1-25, January.
  4. Barro, Robert J. & MacDonald, Glenn M., 1979. "Social security and consumer spending in an international cross section," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 275-289, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Kivilcim Metin Ozcan & Asli Gunay & Seda Ertac, 2003. "Determinants of private savings behaviour in Turkey," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 35(12), pages 1405-1416, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Richard Disney, 2006. "Macroeconomic Performance and the Design of Public Pension Programmes," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 37(2), pages 175-195. [Downloadable!]
  3. Richard Disney, 2005. "Household Saving Rates and the Design of Social Security Programmes: Evidence from a Country Panel," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  4. Martin Feldstein, 1982. "Social Security, Induced Retirement, and Aggregate Capital Accumulation:A Correction and Updating," NBER Working Papers 0579, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Sebastian Edwards, 1995. "Why are Saving Rates so Different Across Countries?: An International Comparative Analysis," NBER Working Papers 5097, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Nicoletti, Giuseppe, 1990. "Consumption And Government Debt In High Deficit Countries: Is Tax-Discounting Stable Over Time? The Case Of Italy And Belgium," Working Papers 90-52, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University. [Downloadable!]
  7. Hamid Faruqee, 2002. "Population Aging and Its Macroeconomic Implications: A Framework for Analysis," IMF Working Papers 02/16, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
  8. Patrick Honohan, 1995. "The Impact of Financial and Fiscal Policies on Saving," Papers WP059, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  9. Kivilcim Metin-Ozcan, 2002. "Determinants of Private Saving Behaviour in Turkey," Departmental Working Papers 0206, Bilkent University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  10. Dominique Hachette, 1998. "Ahorro Privado en Chile," Cuadernos de Economía (Latin American Journal of Economics), Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 35(104), pages 3-48. [Downloadable!]
  11. Patrick Artus, 1993. "Bien-être, croissance et systéme de retraite," Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, ADRES, issue 31, pages 05, Juillet-S. [Downloadable!]
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