Simulating Social Security Flow of Funds Based on an Overlapping Generation Model

This paper models the assets and liabilities of the Social Security Fund in Iran. The fund's financial position in practice is influenced by the population dynamics between two generations of employed and retired people, focusing on four important characteristics: the premium rate and pension b...

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Main Authors: Hossein Tavakolian, Mehdi Sarem, Javad Taherpoor, Mahnoosh Abdollah Milani
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2020-09-01
Series:Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī
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Online Access:https://joer.atu.ac.ir/article_12360_c734ceeffd4e0e71105d818b4e2fa5d7.pdf
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author Hossein Tavakolian
Mehdi Sarem
Javad Taherpoor
Mahnoosh Abdollah Milani
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description This paper models the assets and liabilities of the Social Security Fund in Iran. The fund's financial position in practice is influenced by the population dynamics between two generations of employed and retired people, focusing on four important characteristics: the premium rate and pension benefits of the working and retired generation, the two-generation employed and retired population pyramid, the employment generation period and the retirement period. In this study, an overlapping generation model is designed to show the dependence of the stability of the fund on the generational population and the transitions between generations taking into account such characteristics. The simulation results show that although the ratio of assets to liabilities can be potentially high, the gap between assets and liabilities of the fund  is so high that any of the proposed policies alone cannot close the gap and ensure its stability. Therefore, policy implication s to stabilize the fund's assets and liabilities can be proposed in two scenarios. The similarity of both scenarios is that the government first pays its share of the insurance and secondly increases the premium rate to 10%, with the retirement pension being reduced by 50% in the first scenario and 10% in the second scenario. The results of the analysis show that the improvement of the fund stabilization is mainly dependent on the decrease in retirement pension, which can be stabilized in a certain time horizon.
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spelling doaj.art-8beabbcec82944659818f812085dd7dd2023-12-26T08:03:21ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī1735-210X2476-64532020-09-01207816110.22054/joer.2020.1236012360Simulating Social Security Flow of Funds Based on an Overlapping Generation ModelHossein Tavakolian0Mehdi Sarem1Javad Taherpoor2Mahnoosh Abdollah Milani3Associate Professor Faculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i UniversityResearcher, Economic Review Office of The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of IranAssistant Professor Faculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i UniversityFaculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i UniversityThis paper models the assets and liabilities of the Social Security Fund in Iran. The fund's financial position in practice is influenced by the population dynamics between two generations of employed and retired people, focusing on four important characteristics: the premium rate and pension benefits of the working and retired generation, the two-generation employed and retired population pyramid, the employment generation period and the retirement period. In this study, an overlapping generation model is designed to show the dependence of the stability of the fund on the generational population and the transitions between generations taking into account such characteristics. The simulation results show that although the ratio of assets to liabilities can be potentially high, the gap between assets and liabilities of the fund  is so high that any of the proposed policies alone cannot close the gap and ensure its stability. Therefore, policy implication s to stabilize the fund's assets and liabilities can be proposed in two scenarios. The similarity of both scenarios is that the government first pays its share of the insurance and secondly increases the premium rate to 10%, with the retirement pension being reduced by 50% in the first scenario and 10% in the second scenario. The results of the analysis show that the improvement of the fund stabilization is mainly dependent on the decrease in retirement pension, which can be stabilized in a certain time horizon.https://joer.atu.ac.ir/article_12360_c734ceeffd4e0e71105d818b4e2fa5d7.pdfoverlapping generation modelsocial securitypremium rrate
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title Simulating Social Security Flow of Funds Based on an Overlapping Generation Model
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title_short Simulating Social Security Flow of Funds Based on an Overlapping Generation Model
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