The Notional and the Real in China's Pension Reforms

• Tác giả: Bei Lu
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 023.8 Management of in-service training
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 298555
• Chủ đề: 1. LIFE EXPECTANCY; 2. NOTIONAL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION; 3. NOTIONALLY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION; 4. PENSION REFORM

Tóm tắt

This paper discusses the potential expansion of the role of the notional defined contribution (NDC) paradigm in the ongoing reforms of retirement provision in China. It finds that mature age life expectancy is remarkably uniform among formal sector workers at the time of retirement, although greater heterogeneity does exist for Rural and Urban Residents Pension Scheme members. The implications of a stylized NDC structure are examined covering China's major pension systems, calibrated to be actuarially neutral. Each system has a different contribution rate and retirement age, consistent with different life expectancies. A complementary social pension is also proposed. The paper concludes that an increased presence of the NDC paradigm has the potential to raise aggregate welfare.