Sammanfattning
This text highlights the neglected dimension of justice in the design of sustainable pension systems. This is done through an analysis of the current Swedish pay-as-you-go pension system, which is often described as exemplarily sustainable. The detailed analysis singles out four distributional effects that the system produces and which can be considered unfair: (1) that the old have to carry most of the risks of economic recessions; (2) that the least well off among the old are disadvantaged by the use of average life expectancy to index benefits in the system; (3) that the system reproduces and magnifies existing inequalities among the old; and (4) that the payoff from contributing to the system is low, in particular for low-wage workers. The text ends with some suggested reforms which aim to make the pension system more just and hence more sustainable.
Bidragets översatta titel | On the Significance of Justice for Sustainable Pension Systems: An Analysis and Critique of the Swedish Pension System |
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Originalspråk | svenska |
Sidor (från-till) | 223-247 |
Antal sidor | 25 |
Tidskrift | Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift |
Volym | 123 |
Nummer | 2 |
Status | Published - 2021 sep. 28 |
Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)
- Ekonomi och näringsliv