• DocumentCode
    693911
  • Title

    Longevity Risk and Capital Accumulation under the Current China Pension System

  • Author

    Shiqiang Hu

  • Author_Institution
    Zhejiang Univ. of Finance & Econ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    14-16 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    315
  • Lastpage
    318
  • Abstract
    This paper employs a stochastic OLG (overlapping-generations) model with time-varying instantaneous mortality rates to analyze the relationship between longevity risk and capital accumulation under the current China pension system. By employing a dynamic mortality table, our numerical simulation suggests that longevity risk does increase capital accumulation. Furthermore, we find that the current state pension arrangement cannot initiate capital accumulation.
  • Keywords
    demography; pensions; risk analysis; China pension system; capital accumulation; dynamic mortality table; instantaneous mortality rates; longevity risk; numerical simulation; pension arrangement; stochastic OLG model; stochastic overlapping-generation model; Analytical models; Economics; Numerical models; Pensions; Retirement; Sociology; Statistics; capital accumulation; dynamic mortality table; longevity risk;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (BIFE), 2013 Sixth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hangzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4778-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIFE.2013.67
  • Filename
    6961145