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The Effects of Early Retirementon Youth Unemployment; The Case of Belgium
Pestieau, Pierre; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Jousten, Alain; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
elderly labor force participation and youth unemployment. From a theoretical point of view, there is no convincing argument …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825708
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Public Pension Reform: A Primer
Jousten, Alain - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The present paper reviews key issues in pension design and pension reform encountered all across the world. The paper heavily refers to the recent U.S. Social Security reform debate in general and to the Personal Retirement Accounts proposal in particular. A particular emphasis is put on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826298
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Aging Populations and Public Pension Schemes
Chand, Sheetal K.; Jaeger, Albert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590852
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Switzerland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper attempts to quantify the impact of the demographic shift on growth and public finances in Switzerland. It examines the intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, focusing primarily on social security, and explores policy options....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598861
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Luxembourg; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
income support, including for unemployment benefits, the minimum guaranteed income, and pensions. Rapid social spending … growth has funded substantial increases in unemployment and family benefits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244141
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Recent U.S. Labor Force Dynamics: Reversible or not?
Balakrishnan, Ravi; Dao, Mai; Sole, Juan; Zook, Jeremy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The U.S. labor force participation rate (LFPR) fell dramatically following the Great Recession and has yet to start recovering. A key question is how much of the post-2007 decline is reversible, something which is central to the policy debate. The key finding of this paper is that while around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242381
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Uncertainty and Unemployment: The Effects of Aggregate and Sectoral Channels
Choi, Sangyup; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We study the role of uncertainty shocks in explaining unemployment dynamics, separating out the role of aggregate and … measure aggregate and sectoral uncertainty and compare their effects on the unemployment rate in a standard macroeconomic … vector autoregressive (VAR) model. We find that aggregate uncertainty leads to an immediate increase in unemployment, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242392
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Brazil; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues Paper discusses the macroeconomic implications of pension reforms in Brazil. It assesses empirically the relationship between fiscal policy and the real effective exchange rate in emerging markets and draws policy implications. It reviews the current status of local capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245127
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Japan; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Japan has a universal public pension system. Social security spending is a key fiscal policy challenge in Japan. The 2004 pension reforms have increased the ratio of the government subsidy to the basic pension benefit. Three reform measures are necessary to improve pension finances: an increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245302
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Russian Federation; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for the Russian Federation discusses existing empirical efforts to measure the determinants of cross-country financial integration. Empirical studies that have adopted the gravity-model framework have found that it is generally successful in explaining bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245351