TY - RPRT AU - Desmet, Raphaƫl AU - Jousten, Alain AU - Perelman, Sergio AU - Pestieau, Pierre TI - Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium PY - 2003/Mar/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 735 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp735 AB - The present paper analyzes the budgetary impact of various Social Security reforms in the Belgian institutional setting. Our approach relies on parameters that were derived in Dellis et alii (2002) using a micro-modeling strategy. Focusing our attention on a hypothetical age cohort, we illustrate the budgetary impact that the reforms considered might have on the budget of the federal government. KW - pension reform KW - incentives KW - retirement KW - aging ER -