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Mortality and Lifetime Income; Evidence From U.S. Social Security Records
Greenlees, John S.; Duggan, James E.; Gillingham, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Studies of the empirical relationship between income and mortality often rely on data aggregated by geographic areas … between individual mortality and lifetime income with a large micro data base of current and former retired participants in … death between low and high lifetime income are on the order of two to three years. Income-related mortality differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264236
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Republic of Slovenia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
using a generational accounting framework. A simulation of retirement incentives suggests that the pension system will … encourage individuals to retire earlier than the statutory full pensionable age. These incentives are stronger for low-income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243442
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Colombia; Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Securities Regulation, Insolvency and Creditor Rights Systems, and Payment Systems; and Comments by Authorities
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
supervisors or the Superintendent. Risk-based regulation and consolidated supervision remain key issues for the future. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768448
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Bolivia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
Preliminary estimates show that pension costs will continue to grow for several years, and controlling and curbing pension costs will be a challenge for Bolivia. Market-friendly reforms could limit the scope for dollarization and its risks. A gradual shift toward a more flexible exchange rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768459
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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper highlights that the authorities in the Republic of Korea recognize the pension policy challenges ahead, and a first wave of reforms has already been launched. Despite the reforms to date, much remains to be done. Without further reforms, the public pension systems in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768475
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba; 2002 Article TV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This 2002 Article IV Consultation for the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba highlights that after growing at more than 4 percent per year in 1996–2000, the Aruba economy experienced two years of retrenchment, with GDP falling an estimated 1.2 percent in 2001 and 3.8 percent in 2002....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768489
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Belgium; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Belgium’s growth has picked up following weakness in early 2005, mainly reflecting a negative contribution from the external sector and weak household consumption owing to high energy prices. The authorities and the IMF staff project GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768594
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Republic of Moldova; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the macroeconomic impact of workers’ remittances on Moldova. The paper focuses on Moldova’s labor emigration since the late-1990s using survey data designed to shed light on the economic and social consequences of migration. The survey results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768595
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Can the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union Afford to Grow Old?
Monroe, Hunter K. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
significant risk that assets will underperform, given the large exposures to the highly-leveraged public sector and to a lesser …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768869
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Pension Reform in China; The Need for a New Approach
Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Arora, Vivek B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The rapid aging of China's population over the next few decades makes it important for a new pension system with broad and adequate coverage to be put in place quickly. Pension reforms, first initiated in 1997, have become bogged down in difficulties over dealing with the "legacy costs"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769032