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Population Aging in Japan; Demographic Shock and Fiscal Sustainability
Mühleisen, Martin; Faruqee, Hamid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The paper develops a general equilibrium framework to examine the economic implications of population aging in Japan … assess the impact of aging on Japan's government finances; and (ii) compare fiscal policy options with respect to their … implications of population aging in Japan. Particular attention is paid to aggregate saving behavior which is modeled on the basis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769220
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Public Pension Reform: A Primer
Jousten, Alain - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
heavily refers to the recent U.S. Social Security reform debate in general and to the Personal Retirement Accounts proposal in … retirement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826298
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United Kingdom; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper of the United Kingdom analyzes the official projections of public pension spending and risks, as well as the strategy to increase private pension provision. It provides a comparison of stylized facts regarding business cycle developments in the three economies, and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825234
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Aging, Asset Allocation, and Costs; Evidence for the Pension Fund Industry in Switzerland
Weber, René; Gerber, David S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
, pension plan type, and size are important for administrative costs. The findings support the view that aging may lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825621
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243442
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Reforming the Public Pension System in the Russian Federation
Eich, Frank; Soto, Mauricio; Gust, Charleen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Pension reform is a key policy challenge in Russia. This paper examines how pension spending could increase in Russia in the absence of reforms, quantifies the impact of some recent proposals, and suggests some alternatives that would ensure public pension benefits - relative to wages - not fall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790258
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Quantifying Impact of Aging Population on Fiscal Space
Park, Seok Gil - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper quantitatively investigates how population aging trend affects fiscal space measured as unused revenue … impact of aging on fiscal space. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790302
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Intergenerational Implications of Fiscal Consolidation in Japan
Tokuoka, Kiichi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
In Japan, intergenerational inequality in lifetime resources is substantial, with a heavier fiscal burden on the young than the old. Moreover, given the need for fiscal consolidation, the inequality is even worse than existing policy would suggest. However, this does not mean that fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790385
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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
Clements, Benedict J.; Coady, David; Eich, Frank; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as the population ages. In emerging market economies, the challenges are often different. Where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790493
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China’s Demography and its Implications
Lee, Il Houng; Qingjun, Xu; Syed, Murtaza H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
In coming decades, China will undergo a notable demographic transformation, with its old-age dependency ratio doubling to 24 percent by 2030 and rising even more precipitously thereafter. This paper uses the permanent income hypothesis to reassess national savings behavior, with greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142029