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An Evaluation of the Life-cycle Effects of Minimum Pensions on Retirement Behavior

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Sergi Jiménez-Martín ()
Alfonso R. Sánchez

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In this paper we explore the effects of the minimum pension program on welfare and retirement in Spain. This is done with a stylized life-cycle model which provides a convenient analytical characterization of optimal behavior. We use data from the Spanish Social Security to estimate the behavioral parameters of the model and then simulate the changes induced by the minimum pension in aggregate retirement patterns. The impact is substantial: there is threefold increase in retirement at 60 (the age of first entitlement) with respect to the economy without minimum pensions, and total early retirement (before or at 60) is almost 50% larger.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in its series Economics Working Papers with number 715.

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Date of creation: Oct 2003
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Keywords: Retirement; life cycle model; minimum pension; structural estimation;

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D91 - Microeconomics - - Intertemporal Choice and Growth - - - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence

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