The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity …, and increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences … obesity have increased net public-sector liabilities by $430bn, or approximately 4% of the current debt burden. Larger effects …

, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in …

We analyze the short and long-run effects of demographic ageing – increased longevity and reduced fertility – on per … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age was held constant, the growth rate in …

pensionable age will also help counter the effects of ageing. Lifting national saving, partly by targeting a higher public saving …

increase the labour force participation of youth, childbearing age women and the long-term unemployed. Finally, ageing should …

In Finland, as in most OECD countries, the ageing of the population is one of the major long-term policy challenges … with ageing ...<BR><P>En Finlande, comme dans la plupart des pays de l’OCDE, le vieillissement démographique est l’un des …