Implicit redistribution within Argentina’s social security system: a micro-simulation exercise
The intra-generational redistribution in the Argentinean pension program is assessed in a lifetime basis. Using household surveys, the lifetime flows of labor income, contributions and retirement benefits are simulated. Then, the expected present values of pre- and post-social security labor income are computed. The results show that the pay-as-you-go defined-benefit system appears to be regressive, especially for women in the private sector. The results are robust to the use of alternative discount rates and different definitions of pre- and post-social security wealth. When income from informal jobs is taken into account, the system becomes slightly progressive. A weak enforcement of the law makes the system less regressive. Finally, in a counterfactual scenario in which there is no informal labor, the system becomes almost neutral, even showing a small level of progressivity.
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| Format: | publishedVersion biblioteca |
| Langue: | eng |
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2015
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| Sujets: | Social security, Redistribution, Argentina, Micro-simulations, |
| Accès en ligne: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40503-015-0016-8 http://hdl.handle.net/11086/26637 |
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