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The Effects of Public Pensions on Private Wealth: Evidence on the German Savings Puzzle
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Abstract Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999 we test for the interaction of social security benefits and private wealth formation. In a simple life-cylce model benefits from public pension systems should displace equal amounts of private retirement accumulation. Our estimate for the offset effec... view more
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999 we test for the interaction of social security benefits and private wealth formation. In a simple life-cylce model benefits from public pension systems should displace equal amounts of private retirement accumulation. Our estimate for the offset effect, corrected for several possible measurement biases, is much lower, however, than expected from pure life-cycle considerations and less than comparable estimates for the US and the UK. This result thus supports other evidence on a particular German savings puzzle which might be due to market imperfections and/or bounded rational behavior.... view less
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Social Security
Free Keywords
Life-cycle model; Ricardian equivalence; pension systems; panel estimations; Germany
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 1917-1926
Journal
Applied Economics, 42 (2010) 15
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840701749027
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)