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題名 The pension option in labor insurance and its effect on household saving and consumption: Evidence from taiwan
作者 Chen, H.;Hsu, Wen-Yen;Weiss, M.A.
貢獻者 風管中心
日期 2014
上傳時間 11-Jun-2015 13:07:11 (UTC+8)
摘要 Starting in 2009, the Labor Insurance (LI) program in Taiwan has allowed workers to choose between pension old-age benefits and one-time old-age benefits. The introduction of the pension option not only mitigates longevity risk for workers but also provides a higher expected present value of old-age benefits to workers than the one-time benefit option (on average). Based on a lifecycle model with uncertain lifespan, we expect that workers will increase current consumption and reduce saving in response to this policy intervention. We use data from the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure in Taiwan to empirically test this prediction. In order to isolate other systematic structural changes or economic shocks from the true impact of the pension option on saving and consumption, we adopt a difference-in-differences approach in this study. Our results indicate that the implementation of pension benefits in LI lowers households` saving by 8.41 percent (NT$50,587) and raises consumption by 5.73 percent (NT$42,897) for LI workers. In addition, we find that, in general, households with less saving or consumption tend to be more responsive to this policy in terms of reducing saving or increasing consumption. © The Journal of Risk and Insurance.
關聯 Journal of Risk and Insurance
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jori.12047
dc.contributor 風管中心
dc.creator (作者) Chen, H.;Hsu, Wen-Yen;Weiss, M.A.
dc.date (日期) 2014
dc.date.accessioned 11-Jun-2015 13:07:11 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 11-Jun-2015 13:07:11 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 11-Jun-2015 13:07:11 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/75670-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Starting in 2009, the Labor Insurance (LI) program in Taiwan has allowed workers to choose between pension old-age benefits and one-time old-age benefits. The introduction of the pension option not only mitigates longevity risk for workers but also provides a higher expected present value of old-age benefits to workers than the one-time benefit option (on average). Based on a lifecycle model with uncertain lifespan, we expect that workers will increase current consumption and reduce saving in response to this policy intervention. We use data from the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure in Taiwan to empirically test this prediction. In order to isolate other systematic structural changes or economic shocks from the true impact of the pension option on saving and consumption, we adopt a difference-in-differences approach in this study. Our results indicate that the implementation of pension benefits in LI lowers households` saving by 8.41 percent (NT$50,587) and raises consumption by 5.73 percent (NT$42,897) for LI workers. In addition, we find that, in general, households with less saving or consumption tend to be more responsive to this policy in terms of reducing saving or increasing consumption. © The Journal of Risk and Insurance.
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Risk and Insurance
dc.title (題名) The pension option in labor insurance and its effect on household saving and consumption: Evidence from taiwan
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1111/jori.12047
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jori.12047