The effects of pension funds on markets performance: a review

The worldwide reforming process of pension systems triggered by the demographic transition and globalization has led several countries to implement multi-pillar pension systems and enhance pension funds. For this reason the studies on the effects that pension funds exert on markets performance have been flourishing in the last decades. In this paper, we provide an updated review of the empirical advances in this field of study, with particular focus on the effects that pension funds produce on labour markets, financial markets and economic growth.