%0 Report %A Cipriani, Giam Pietro %T Population Ageing and PAYG Pensions in the OLG Model %D 2013 %8 2013 Jan %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 7144 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7144 %X This paper shows the effects on a pay-as-you-go pension system of the demographic change in the standard overlapping generations model. Firstly, we consider a setting with exogenous fertility and then a model with endogenous fertility. In both cases, population ageing due to increased longevity implies a reduction in pensions payouts. %K longevity %K PAYG pensions %K fertility