Unpublished Paper
The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier
Publication Date
6-19-2017
Series
Upjohn Institute working paper ; 15-223
**Published Version**
In American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10(3): 284-308
DOI
10.17848/wp15-223
Abstract
This paper examines the degree of substitution between public pension wealth and private saving by studying Poland’s 1999 pension reform. The analysis identifies the effect of pension wealth on private saving using cohort-by-time variation in pension wealth induced by the reform. The estimates, which are based on the 1997–2003 Polish Household Budget Surveys, show that 1 Polish zloty (PLN) less of pension wealth increases household saving by 0.3 PLN. Among highly-educated households, pension wealth and private saving appear to be close substitutes.
Issue Date
February 1, 2015 ; Revised June 19, 2017
Note
Revised June 19, 2017
Sponsorship
Polish National Science Centre
Disciplines
Citation Information
Lachowska, Marta and Michał Myck. 2017. "The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure." Upjohn Institute Working Paper 15-223. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.