A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Australian Means-Tested Age Pension
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1 A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Australian Means-Tested Age Pension George Kudrna and Alan Woodland University of New South Wales July 29 Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 1 / 17
2 Introduction Australia s age pension represents a safety net pension pillar that is means tested. Advantages of means testing - (i) targeting payments to those in need and (ii) lower government cocts on age-related pension payments. Disadvantages of means testing - (i) complexity; (ii) administratively expensive, (iii) disincentives to work and save due to high e ective marginal tax rates (Dunsford and Rise (24) and Nielson, 25). Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 2 / 17
3 Means test Age pension is subject to both income and assets tests. Only the binding test applies; the test resulting in lower age pension. Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 3 / 17
4 E ective marginal tax rates - 27/8 Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 4 / 17
5 Focus of the paper We develop a general equilibrium OLG model to simulate the following three hypothetical pension policy changes to the existing means test: 1 Complete abolition of the means test (shift to the universal age pension proposed by the Institute of Actuaries of Australia [IAA], 1994); 2 Reduction of the income taper rate from 4 to 2 percent (Ingles, 21); 3 Removal of the labour earnings from the income test of the age pension (Dunsford and Rice, 24). Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 5 / 17
6 Related literature Empirical literature on overseas pension policy changes generally shows positive labour supply e ects of means test relaxation - Baker and Benjamin (1999) for Canada, Disney and Smith (22) for the UK and Friedberg (2), French (25) and Benitez-Silva and Heiland (27) for the US. Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 6 / 17
7 Key features of the model Small open economy version of Auerbach and Kotliko s (1987) OLG model that consists of household, pension, production, government and foreign sectors. Household behaviour follows the life-cycle theory (Modigliani and Brumberg, 1954) with endogenous labour supply and retirement. The model features main aspects of Australia s means tested age pension and mandatory superannuation. Production sector contains one rm that, using capital and labour, produces a single output good and capital formation is subject to adjustment costs. Government collects taxes from household income, consumption and superannuation and pays for its consumption and age pension expenditures. Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 7 / 17
8 Household sector 7 overlapping generations of heterogeneous households aged from 21 to 9 years (a = 21,..., 9) that face life uncertainty. Each generation consists of three income groups i - low-income, middle-income and high-income households. A newborn generation solves the following maximisation problem: max E (U i ) = γ 9 a=21! a s j β i 21 a u(c ia, l i a) 1 1 γ j=21 s.t. A i a = (1 + r)a i a 1 +wei a(h l i a ) + APi a +SAi 6+SP i a + B l i a h, T i a (1 + τ c ) c i a, c i a, l i a, A 1 a and A i 2 = A i 9 =. Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 8 / 17
9 Solving the model We start with solving for the benchmark steady state (SS) that approximately corresponds with the key Australian data in June 25. To solve for the steady state, values has to be assign to model parameters; some parameter values are taken from related literature (utility function parameters), some are calibrated to the calibration targets (most of the production parameters) and some exactly match their values in 25 (pension sector parameters). The model is solved in the GAMS software using Gauss-Seidel iteration technique described in Auerbach and Kotliko (1987). Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 9 / 17
10 Benchmark SS solutions Macroeconomic results Variable Benchmark Australia SS 24-5 Expenditures on GDP (in % of GDP) - Private consumption Investment Government consumption Trade balance Government indicators (in % of GDP) - Age pension expenditures Government surplus Personal income tax Corporation tax Consumption tax (GST) Superannuation taxes Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July 29 1 / 17
11 Benchmark SS solutions Model-generated and HILDA age pension pro les In $1, HILDA_combined average.2 low income middle income high income Age Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
12 Policy simulations The behavioural, welfare and macroeconomic implications of the following three hypothetical age pension policy changes are simulated: 1 Means test removal; 2 Income taper rate reduction; 3 Labour earnings removal from the income test. The consumption tax rate is assumed to balance the government budget. Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
13 Behavioural implications - labour supply M e a n s t e s t r e m o v a l T a p e r r a t e r e d u c t i o n L a b o u r e a r n i n g s r e m o v a l c o h o r t a g e d 2 1 c o h o r t a g e d 2 1 c o h o r t a g e d 2 1 c o h o r t a g e d 6 5 c o h o r t a g e d 6 5 c o h o r t a g e d 6 5 c o h o r t a g e d 7 c o h o r t a g e d 7 c o h o r t a g e d 7. 2 b e n c h m a r k. 2 b e n c h m a r k. 2 b e n c h m a r k A g e A g e A g e Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
14 Welfare implications - equivalent variations M e a n s t e s t r e m o v a l T a p e r r a t e r e d u c t i o n L a b o u r e a r n i n g s r e m o v a l l o w i n c o m e l o w i n c o m e l o w i n c o m e m i d d l e i n c o m e. 9 m i d d l e i n c o m e. 4 m i d d l e i n c o m e h i g h i n c o m e h i g h i n c o m e h i g h i n c o m e G e n e r a t i o n s d a t e b o r n G e n e r a t i o n s d a t e b o r n G e n e r a t i o n s d a t e b o r n Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
15 Macroeconomic implications Labour supply C onsum ption m eans test rem ov al taper rate reduction labour earnings rem ov al Change relative to 25 (in %) Change relative to 25 (in %) m eans test rem ov al taper rate reduction labour earnings rem ov al Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
16 Fiscal implications Age pension expenditures C onsum ption tax rate m eans test rem ov al taper rate reduction Change relative to 25 (in %) 15 1 m eans test rem ov al taper rate reduction labour earnings rem ov al Change relative to 25 (in %) labour earnings rem ov al Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
17 Concluding remarks The model indicates that the existing means tested age pension represents a disincentive for some older households to work. The most e ective of the three simulated pension policy changes to increase labour supply and postpone retirement is the removal of labour earning from the income test. The means test abolition generates larger welfare gains, especially for the older high- and middle-income households. The costs of the means test abolition to the government are substantially greater. Kudrna and Woodland (29) Means Tested Age Pension July / 17
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