El ahorro privado de las familias y las pensiones públicas en Alemania y Estados Unidos:¿cumplimiento de la hipótesis del ciclo vital?

Hernandez Martinez, Fernando (2007): El ahorro privado de las familias y las pensiones públicas en Alemania y Estados Unidos:¿cumplimiento de la hipótesis del ciclo vital? Published in: ICADE Review , Vol. 72, No. 02 12-7377 (September 2007): pp. 391-416.

Abstract

This paper details how ageing is affecting to private saving and public pensions. In this way, it analyses if Life-Cycle Hypothesis is carrying out for individuals about their saving behaviours and if Pension Public Systems can make them to vary. For this reason, it establishes a specifically household saving comparative for Germany and Unites States, studying also their ageing evolution and pay capacity of public pension retirement.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Household private saving and public pensions in Germany and the United States:¿Does the life-cycle hypothesis hold?
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: life–cycle hypothesis, private saving, pension public system, ageing, Germany, United States
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E21 - Consumption ; Saving ; Wealth

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