Inmigración y pensiones: ¿qué sabemos?
- J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz 1
- Juan F. Jimeno 2
- Guadalupe Valera 3
- 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ESP)
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Banco de España
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- 3 Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla (ESP)
ISSN: 0210-2633
Year of publication: 2008
Issue Title: Desigualdad, equidad y eficiencia en salud y en servicios sanitarios
Issue: 75
Pages: 249-270
Type: Article
More publications in: Cuadernos económicos de ICE
Abstract
This article offers a survey of the literature that deals with the effects of immigration on the financial flows of pension security systems. It is usually argued that a selective increase of immigration flows helps to the financial equilibrium of the system on the medium term. The arrival of immigrants in working age improves the financial sustainability since delays the rise of the dependency rate caused by population ageing, but those immigrants also generate the right to future pensions. Over the long run, as immigrants adopt the demographic patterns of the native population, immigration cannot solve the financial problems that may be embedded in the current pension systems.