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The actuarial balance of the pay-as-you-go pension system: "US" model versus "Swedish" model: Possible application in the case of Spain
María Del Carmen Boado-penasOle SettergrenCarlos Vidal-meliásubject
GeographyActuarial sciencePay as you goPublic pensionPension systemdescription
Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de este trabajo es arrojar luz sobre los dos principales metodos que aplican las administraciones publicas de la Seguridad Social al formular el balance actuarial, realizando especial hincapie en sus enfoques metodologicos, aspectos actuariales aplicados y resultados mas recientes con el fin de identificar sus diferencias y similitudes mas notables. Asimismo, se intenta mostrar la conveniencia de incorporar, al sistema publico de pensiones espanol, la obligatoriedad de elaborar un balance actuarial anual para mejorar su transparencia, solvencia, y facilitar el trabajo de las comisiones habilitadas con la finalidad de establecer las lineas de actuacion y las reformas a introducir en el sistema de pensiones contributivo espanol. Los autores sugieren que la obligacion de formular anualmente el balance actuarial reportaria multiples ventajas: obligaria a los politicos espanoles a renunciar al ejercicio del populismo en pensiones, los cotizantes y pensionistas tendrian una estimacion fundada de cual podria ser el grado de cumplimiento de las promesas que se les realizan respecto al pago de sus pensiones y ademas, las propuestas de reformas podrian ser valoradas con mayor fiabilidad.English Abstract: The objective of this paper is to shed some light on the two main methods used by government Social Security departments to draw up the actuarial balance focusing especially on their methodology, actuarial issues and the most recent results in order to identify the main differences and similarities between both methods. This paper also aims to show the advisability of making it compulsory to compile an annual actuarial balance in the Spanish Pay-As-You-Go public pension system so as to improve its transparency and solvency, and to provide further information to the Social Security committees in order to decide the lines to follow and the reforms to be introduced into the pension system. The authors suggest that making it compulsory to compile an actuarial balance every year would be beneficial in a number of ways: it would force them to avoid the use of populism in pensions, contributors and pensioners would have a reliable way of measuring to what degree the promises made to them regarding payment of their pensions are actually kept; and any proposals for a reform could be assessed more accurately.
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2009-01-01 |