Download or read book Pensionomics written by Matthias F. Jäkel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pensionomics puts forward a portfolio perspective on the combination of funded and unfunded pension arrangements. In a second-best type argument it is formally shown that a Pay-As-You-Go pension system can substitute the tradability of human capital. While this ideal form of diversification can not be implemented due to the imperfection of capital markets, one can design a typical Pay-As-You-Go system in such a way that it allows for the same intertemporal consumption allocations as the first-best solution.