Continuous time model for notional defined contribution pension schemes: Liquidity and solvency

Alonso-García, Jennifer;Devolder, Pierre
(2019) Insurance: Mathematics and Economics — Vol. 88, p. 57-76 (2019)

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  • Alonso-García, JenniferUniversity of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Devolder, PierreUCLouvain
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Abstract
Notional Defined Contribution (NDC) pension schemes are defined contribution plans which are payas- you-go financed. From a design viewpoint, the countries where NDCs have been implemented cannot guarantee sustainability due to the choice of notional return paid to the contributions and the indexation rate paid to pensions. We study how the scheme should be designed to achieve liquidity and solvency with a limited set of assumptions in a continuous overlapping generations model that increases traceability of the results. The adequacy and actuarial fairness are also jointly studied in the numerical example for the population of Belgium. We find that the proposed indexation and notional rate act as automatic balancing mechanisms that ensure sustainability and actuarial fairness. However, the effect on pension adequacy depends on the generosity of the annuity scheme at retirement.
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Alonso-García, J., & Devolder, P. (2019). Continuous time model for notional defined contribution pension schemes: Liquidity and solvency. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 88, 57-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.insmatheco.2019.06.001 (Original work published 2019)