Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9726884 Journal of Public Economics 2005 21 Pages PDF
Abstract
One of the features of the large overlapping generations model pioneered by Auerbach and Kotlikoff (1987) Dynamic Fiscal Policy is that individuals with different experience levels are perfect substitutes in production. This paper replaces this assumption with a labor market characterized by imperfect substitutability between less and more experienced workers. By comparing the quantitative properties of both cases in a calibrated model for Spain, it is found that in the model economy with imperfect substitution, the effects of aging on the financial viability of the pension system are less severe than in the standard model economy with perfect substitution.
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