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Abstract
We forecast the old-age dependency ratio for Australia under various pension age proposals, and estimate a pension age scheme that will provide a stable old-age dependency ratio at a specified level. Our approach involves a stochastic population forecasting method based on coherent functional data models for mortality, fertility and net migration, which we use to simulate the future age-structure of the population. Our results suggest that the Australian pension age should be increased to 68 by 2030, 69 by 2036 and 70 by 2050, in order to maintain the old-age dependency ratio at 23%, just above the 2018 level. Our general approach can easily be extended to other target levels of the old-age dependency ratio and to other countries.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 241-256 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
Keywords
- coherent forecasts
- demographic components
- functional time series
- pension age
Projects
- 1 Finished
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers of Big Data, Big Models, New Insights
Hall, P., Bartlett, P., Bean, N., Burrage, K., DeGier, J., Delaigle, A., Forrester, P., Geweke, J., Kohn, R., Kroese, D., Mengersen, K. L., Pettit, A., Pollett, P., Roughan, M., Ryan, L. M., Taylor, P., Turner, I., Wand, M., Garoni, T., Smith-Miles, K. A., Caley, M., Churches, T., Elazar, D., Gupta, A., Harch, B., Tam, S., Weegberg, K., Willinger, W. & Hyndman, R.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal Department Contribution, University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), University of Adelaide, University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Queensland , University of Technology (UTS) Sydney, Monash University – Internal University Contribution, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal School Contribution, Roads Corporation (trading as VicRoads) (Victoria)
1/01/17 → 31/12/21
Project: Research