THE INVERTING PYRAMID: DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES TO THE PENSION SYSTEMS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
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1 THE INVERTING PYRAMID: DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES TO THE PENSION SYSTEMS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA 1 Anita M. Schwarz Lead Economist Human Development Department Europe and Central Asia Region World Bank March 2014
2 IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT OF PROVIDING OLD AGE SECURITY Over last century, increasing number of workers insured against risks of old age, disability, and loss of a breadwinner Insured workers and their employers pay a percentage of wage as contribution When each new group of workers joins, contribution revenue goes up, but initially since no one from the new group is eligible for benefits, no additional expenditures occur Over time as the workers who have paid become eligible for benefits, expenditures increase 2
3 MATURATION OF PENSION SCHEMES THROUGHOUT EUROPE Established around 1900s > Industrial workers Maturity expected in 1960 Since 1930s > Since 1950s - > Since 1960s (earlier in ECA) Since 1970s - > Commerce, civil servants, salaried employees Farmers, domestic workers, self-employed Increased female LFP rate Baby boomers Extended to 1990 Extended to 2010 Extended to 2020 Extended to 2030 Since 1990s in ECA - > Since 2010s - > Drop in total and formal LFP rate No Extension, Added stress Post-1990s babies enter LM No Extension, Added stress
4 POLICY CHOICES CHANGED 1900 Pensions Designed to Supplement Other Income Provided at 70 Limited to those who had lost working capacity Relatively small amount Pensions Supply All of a Pensioner s Income Ages lowered Benefits increased Benefits extended to survivors Pensions Expected to Keep Up with Wage Growth of Working Age Population Wage indexation or more 4
5 POLICY CHOICES WHEN FLUSH WITH CONTRIBUTION REVENUES 72 Male Average Effective Retirement Age 74 Female Average Effective Retirement Age Austria Denmark Germany Netherlands Sweden Belgium France Italy Spain United Kingdom Austria Denmark Germany Netherlands Sweden Belgium France Italy Spain United Kingdom 5
6 Expected Years in Retirement DURATION OF RETIREMENT INCREASED FROM INCREASING LIFE EXPECTANCY AND FALLING EFFECTIVE RETIREMENT AGE Average Effective Retirement Age Shown on Each Bar Belgium Spain Sweden 6 Data Sources: OECD, Eurostat
7 LITHUANIA CROATIA MOLDOVA BULGARIA BELARUS ALBANIA ARMENIA GEORGIA HUNGARY SLOVAK REPUBLIC POLAND ROMANIA BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UKRAINE MONTENEGRO SERBIA AZERBAIJAN KAZAKHSTAN KOSOVO KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Ratio of consumption of households with pensioners to those without TAJIKISTAN ELDERLY ARE NOT IN GENERAL MORE POOR THAN YOUNGER COHORTS 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% % 7
8 Luxembourg France Belgium Cyprus Malta Slovenia Greece Switzerland Spain Italy Iceland Ireland United Kingdom Norway Denmark Sweden Finland Netherlands Austria Germany Portugal Armenia Russian Federation Republic of Moldova Belarus Lithuania Estonia Albania Hungary Latvia Georgia Slovakia Poland Czech Republic Croatia Romania Bulgaria Montenegro Ukraine Serbia TFYR Macedonia Bosnia & Herzegovina Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Azerbaijan Turkey NOW EUROPE IS AGING 40% Percentage of Population over the Age of 65 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% HIGS HIMS LSTC HSTC YC
9 Slovenia Italy Malta Switzerland Greece Spain Belgium France Cyprus Luxembourg Portugal Germany Austria Netherlands Finland Denmark Sweden United Kingdom Norway Ireland Iceland Bulgaria Georgia Republic of Moldova Belarus Romania Latvia Russian Federation Poland Lithuania Croatia Slovakia Hungary Estonia Czech Republic Albania Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine TFYR Macedonia Serbia Montenegro Azerbaijan Turkey Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan BUT MORE TROUBLING IS THE PROJECTED DECLINE IN WORKING AGE POPULATION high income generous spenders high income moderate spenders lower spending transition countries high spending transition countries young countries 9
10 % of GDP LEADS TO FISCAL DEFICITS IN PENSION SYSTEMS FAR GREATER THAN DURING RECENT FINANCIAL CRISIS % -1% -2% Projected Pension System Deficits in Average CE Country -3% -4% -5% -6% -7%
11 FACED WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC ONSLAUGHT, EUROPE HAS UNDERTAKEN LOTS OF PARAMETRIC PENSION REFORM 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% Increase in Retirement Age Years of Service Reforms Increase in Contribution Rate Decrease in Contribution Rate Indexation Reforms Extension of Averaging Period Changes to Benefit rate 20% 0% High Income Generous Spenders High Income Moderate Spenders Lower Spending Transition Countries High Spending Transition Countries Young countries 11
12 ADOPTED A SMORGASBORD OF STRUCTURAL REFORMS Point System Notional Accounts Funded Defined Contribution Universal Pension Germany France (pvt sector) Romania Slovak Republic Estonia Bosnia, RS Croatia Montenegro Serbia Sweden Italy Latvia Poland Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Rep Russian Fed Turkmenistan Sweden Denmark Poland Hungary Slovak Rep Lithuania Latvia Estonia Bulgaria Romania Croatia FYR Macedonia Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyz Rep Russian Fed Ireland UK Netherlands Denmark Czech Republic Georgia Kazakhstan Kosovo 12
13 NO SINGLE DOMINANT PARADIGM HAS EMERGED Pension systems have two main objectives: Poverty alleviation among the elderly Replacing the income retirees used to earn so that they don t face a sharp drop in consumption ability So far, pension systems in the region have more or less done both not so in other regions Country interest in ECA has been toward income replacement Strengthening links between contributions and benefits Will this be affordable in the future? 13
14 Switzerland Italy Greece Cyprus France Spain Malta Slovenia Belgium Norway Denmark Finland United Kingdom Ireland Portugal Germany Austria Sweden Netherlands Iceland Croatia Latvia Estonia Hungary Slovakia Czech Republic Lithuania Poland Bulgaria Romania years IMPACT OF REFORMS - RETIREMENT AGES WENT UP, BUT SO DID LIFE EXPECTANCY DURATION OF RETIREMENT DID NOT CHANGE MUCH High Income Generous Spenders High Income Moderate Spenders Lower Spending Transition Countries -4 change in effective retirement age change in life expectancy at effective retirement age 14
15 Belgium Greece Spain Italy France Luxembourg Malta Ireland Sweden Denmark Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom Austria Germany Finland Norway Lithuania Latvia Albania Russia Belarus Armenia Bulgaria Hungary Romania Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Croatia Serbia Bosnia-Federation Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Azerbaijan Turkey Greece Malta Belgium Spain Italy France Luxembourg Ireland Portugal Sweden Netherlands Denmark Norway Germany United Kingdom Finland Austria Lithuania Latvia Bulgaria Armenia Romania Hungary Czech Republic Croatia Slovakia Russia Belarus Albania Poland Serbia Bosnia-Federation Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Azerbaijan Turkey years years LIFE EXPECTANCY AT RETIREMENT REMAINS WELL OVER 15 YEARS male life expectancy at exit age female life expectancy at exit age
16 Lithuania Latvia Bulgaria Poland Croatia Slovakia Romania Albania Georgia Armenia Belarus Russia Republika Srpska Serbia Bosnia Federation Kyrgystan Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Turkey PERSISTENCE OF EARLY RETIREMENT 80% Share of Old Age Beneficiaries Below the Age of 65 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% male female total 0% 16 LSTC HSTC YC
17 Growth in Pension Spending per Elderly Person Relative to Growth in Per Capita GDP Slovenia Switzerland Italy Spain Greece Belgium France Cyprus Germany Austria Netherlands Finland United Kingdom Denmark Norway Sweden Iceland Portugal Ireland Latvia Croatia Poland Bulgaria Lithuania Slovakia Belarus Czech Republic Estonia Romania Hungary Russia Armenia Moldova Montenegro Macedonia Albania Serbia Kazakhstan Turkey Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan Tajikistan NO EFFECTIVE DECLINE IN GENEROSITY ( ) 100% Growth in Pension Spending Per Elderly Person Compared to Growth of GDP per Capita 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% -60% HIGS HIMS LSTC HSTC YC 17
18 Italy France Greece Spain Malta Belgium Slovenia Cyprus Luxembourg Denmark Portugal Sweden United Kingdom Austria Germany Finland Netherlands Ireland Norway Croatia Latvia Armenia Poland Estonia Russia Albania Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Lithuania Romania Slovakia Serbia BH Federation Belarus Republika Srpska Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Turkey IN ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY PENSION SPENDING IS PROJECTED TO GROW AS SHARE OF GDP 20.0% 18.0% 16.0% 14.0% 12.0% 10.0% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% % High Income Generous Spenders High Income Moderate Spenders Lower Spending Transition Countries High Young Spending countries Transition Countries 18
19 Armenia Albania Romania Russia Hungary Bulgaria Belarus Latvia Croatia Lithuania Czech Republic Estonia Poland Slovak Republic Georgia Republika Srpska Bosnia Federation Serbia Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Republic Turkey Kazakhstan Tajikistan Kosovo AND COVERAGE OF THE ELDERLY IS EXPECTED TO FALL MORE SPENDING NEEDED TO PREVENT OLD AGE POVERTY Share of Elderly Receiving Benefits in 2010 and Projected to Receive Benefits in % 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LSTC HSTC YC
20 WHAT ARE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS? Increase labor force Fertility increases too little, too late Increase labor force participation rates in prime ages Increase coverage increases fiscal problem in future Increase productivity typically reflected in wages, which affect benefits Immigration Longer work life Use other fiscal resources Use savings to complement public benefits during retirement 20
21 INCREASE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NOT MUCH ROOM IN PRIME WORKING AGES 90 ECA circa 2009, men 90 ECA circa 2009, women
22 Sweden Ireland United Kingdom Germany Finland Denmark Portugal Netherlands Austria Spain Greece France Italy Belgium Slovenia Georgia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Bulgaria Russia Czech Republic Slovakia Romania Serbia Croatia Hungary Poland Ukraine Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan Turkey POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVE AGING IS HUGE IN ECA REGION 35.0% Potential labor force gain among the population age % 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% % HIMS HIGS LSTC HSTC YC 22
23 Slovenia Armenia Albania Russia Georgia Lithuania Romania Estonia Latvia Slovakia Bulgaria Moldova Poland Croatia Czech Republic Belarus Hungary Macedonia Ukraine Montenegro Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia Azerbaijan Tajikistan Kosovo Kyrgiz Republic Kazahkstan Turkey Percent of GDP ROOM FOR USING OTHER FISCAL RESOURCES IS LIMITED Tax Structures, Taxes Already High social security contributions other taxes taxes on goods and services income taxes HIGS LSTC HSTC YC 23
24 % of GDP SAVINGS COULD HELP SUPPLEMENT PUBLIC BENEFITS, BUT LIMITED SAVING ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE 18.0% 16.0% 14.0% 12.0% 10.0% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% Voluntary and Mandatory Pension Savings in 2012 III Pillar (Voluntary) II Pillar (Mandatory) 24
25 TAKE A SIMPLER APPROACH TO PENSION DESIGN AND EXPLAIN IT WELL What can we afford to spend on pensions as a percentage of GDP? What do we spend now? Do we see room realistically for increasing revenues? What are our expected future needs to cover old age and disability support? How much is spending we have to do and how much is spending we would like to do, but can painfully reduce if absolutely necessary? How do we reconcile the two? 25
26 Italy France Greece Spain Malta Belgium Slovenia Cyprus Luxembourg Denmark Portugal Sweden United Kingdom Austria Germany Finland Netherlands Ireland Norway Croatia Latvia Armenia Poland Estonia Russia Albania Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Lithuania Romania Slovakia Serbia BH Federation Belarus Republika Srpska Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Turkey WHAT DO WE SPEND NOW? 18.0% 2010 average pension spending 9.5% of GDP 16.0% 14.0% 12.0% 10.0% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% High Income Generous Spenders High Income Moderate Spenders Lower Spending Transition Countries High Spending Transition Countries Young countries 26
27 BUT THIS SPENDING IS NOT NECESSARILY WELL PRIORITIZED Pensions provided and withdrawal from the labor force well below the age of 65 Impact both on pension spending and contribution revenues, but also on economic growth Pension levels unsustainably high in some cases Survivor benefits sometimes encourage women not to participate in the labor market Affects contribution revenues and economic growth Spending does not include spending on noncontributory benefits required to prevent all elderly from poverty Fewer future elderly expected to be eligible to collect pensions 27
28 WHAT KIND OF PRIORITIES COULD SOCIETIES SET? 1. No person over the retirement age (65) should fall below the poverty line (20% of GDP per capita) 2. Disabled individuals those unable to provide for themselves - should be protected, regardless of age 3. Those who contribute to the pension system should receive a higher pension than the basic poverty alleviating one 4. Spouses and families of those who contributed should receive some additional supplement upon the death of the contributor to help support the family 28
29 France Slovenia Greece Belgium Cyprus Italy Spain Malta Portugal Ireland Norway United Kingdom Denmark Sweden Finland Iceland Germany Netherlands Austria Albania Georgia Russian Federation Moldova Armenia Belarus Lithuania Bulgaria Hungary Estonia Czech Republic Latvia Slovakia Romania Poland Croatia FBIH Republika Srpska Serbia Tajikistan Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Republic Kosovo Turkey Pension spending, percent GDP AN EXAMPLE OF PRIORITIZING PENSION SPENDING AND COSTING IT OUT IF EFFECTIVE RETIREMENT AGE IS 65 WITH PRIME AGE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION UNTIL AGE 64 20% 18% basic to all old disabled top-up to covered survivor 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% HIGS HIMS LSTC HSTC YC 29 29
30 France Slovenia Cyprus Greece Belgium Spain Italy Malta Portugal Ireland United Kingdom Norway Iceland Sweden Finland Denmark Germany Netherlands Austria Albania Russian Federation Slovakia Georgia Armenia Moldova Czech Rep. Estonia Lithuania Belarus Latvia Hungary Bulgaria Romania Poland Croatia FBIH Republika Srpska Serbia Tajikistan Kosovo Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Republic Turkey Pension spending, percent GDP SAME PRIORITIES AS BEFORE BUT WITH RETIREMENT AGE WHERE LIFE EXPECTANCY EQUALS 15 YEARS AND PRIME AGE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION UNTIL THEN 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% Basic to all old disability Top-up to covered Survivor 0% HIGS HIMS LSTC HSTC YC 30
31 HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE How do we equitably divide the change across generations? What do these decisions imply for pension system design? What do these decisions imply for the financing of old age security? Accompanying changes: Changes in labor markets that encourage full labor force participation until retirement and discourage earlier withdrawal from labor force Encouraging retirement savings to provide more generous benefits than publicly provided 31
32 BOTTOM LINE: IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE OLD AGE SECURITY EVEN WITH CHALLENGING DEMOGRAPHICS! Will need some major changes in expectations Future may be more like past Pensions given when people are too old to work Pensions guarantee poverty prevention May provide limited earnings replacement Savings required for enhanced benefits 32
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