
Throughout the world, population aging is a major challenge that will continue well into the 21st century. While the patterns of the demographic transition are similar in most countries, timing differs substantially, in particular between industrialized and less developed countries. To the extent that capital is internationally mobile, population aging will therefore induce capital flows between countries. In order to quantify these international capital flows, we employ a multi-country overlapping generations model and combine it with longterm demographic projections for several world regions over a 50 year horizon. Our simulations suggest that capital flows from fast-aging industrial countries (such as Germany and Italy) to the rest of the world will be substantial. Closedeconomy models of pension reform are likely to miss quantitatively important effects of international capital mobility.
340, 330, jel: jel:E27, jel: jel:J11, jel: jel:G15, jel: jel:F21, jel: jel:H55
340, 330, jel: jel:E27, jel: jel:J11, jel: jel:G15, jel: jel:F21, jel: jel:H55
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