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Le système de retraite américain : impact de la crise et tendances de long terme

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  • Vincent Touzé

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

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Cet article présente une étude synthétique du système de retraite américain. Notre objectif est d'abord d'expliquer le fonctionnement des régimes par répartition et par capitalisation. Il s'agit également d'étudier comment la crise économique et financière a affecté ces régimes. On dresse aussi un bilan des prévisions officielles de long terme de l'évolution du régime par répartition en fonction de différents scénarios économiques et démographiques. Enfin, on s'intéresse à la nature du débat public et aux orientations possibles de l'action gouvernementale. Notre étude montre que la crise n'a pas mis en péril le financement du régime de retraite par répartition américain (OASDI) car ce dernier est toujours en excédent à court et moyen terme. Elle a seulement réduit le montant de cet excédent. A long terme, le fonds de réserve accumulé devrait être insuffisant pour couvrir les déficits primaires futurs. Une réforme d'envergure ne peut être exclue à partir de 2020. Avec la crise financière, les régimes par capitalisation ont souffert d'une forte dévalorisation de leurs actifs, ce qui pose un problème de survie pour certains fonds de pension. Une baisse du niveau des pensions ne peut être exclue sans apport d'un soutien financier public ou en l'absence d'une reprise suffisante des marchés financiers.

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  • Vincent Touzé, 2010. "Le système de retraite américain : impact de la crise et tendances de long terme," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) hal-01069448, HAL.
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    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • N12 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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