Funded pensions and economic growth

M. Bijlsma; J. Bonekamp; C. van Ewijk; F. Haaijen

doi:10.1007/s10645-018-9325-z

Funded pensions and economic growth

M. Bijlsma
, J. Bonekamp
, C. van Ewijk
, F. Haaijen

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Abstract

If larger pension savings lead to deeper capital markets, this can be expected to have a positive effect on economic growth in particular for firms that rely on external finance. We employ this differential impact on firms with less or more external finance to identify the effect of pension saving on economic growth. Using data for 69 industrial sectors in 34 OECD countries for the period 2001–2010, we find a significant impact of pension assets on growth for sectors that are more dependent on external financing. This relation is not significantly changed by the 2007–2008 banking crisis

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-362
Journal	Economist-Netherlands
Volume	166
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-018-9325-z
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Funded pensions
Financial structure
Economic growth

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