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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand
Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
pensionable age will also help counter the effects of ageing. Lifting national saving, partly by targeting a higher public saving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276855
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The Economic Consequences of Ageing: The Case of Finland
Maisonneuve, Christine de la; André, Christophe; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
increase the labour force participation of youth, childbearing age women and the long-term unemployed. Finally, ageing should …
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Providing Greater Old-Age Security in China
Herd, Richard; Hu, Hu-Wei; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the younger cohorts to urban areas the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas. Very different pension arrangements...
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Restoring Fiscal Sustainability in the Euro Area: Raise Taxes or Curb Spending?
Cournède, Boris; Gonand, Frédéric - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
With population ageing, fiscal consolidation has become of paramount importance for euro area countries. Consolidation … can be pursued in various ways, with different effects on potential growth, which itself will be dragged down by ageing. A … pension replacement rates and repaying public debt through a lower ratio of non ageing-related outlays to GDP, c) raising the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045902
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The Brazilian Pension System: Recent Reforms and Challenges Ahead
Bonturi, Marcos - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
Brazil’s public pension expenditure is about 9 per cent of GDP, above the OECD average. Given that OECD countries are generally not only wealthier, but also significantly older, Brazil’s pension expenditures are clearly excessive, draining resources away from other areas, such as much needed...
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The Labour Market Impact of Rapid Ageing of Government Employees: Some Illustrative Scenarios
Høj, Jens; Toly, Sylvie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
This paper estimates and discusses some of the potential labour market implications arising from the rapid ageing of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046082
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A simulation framework to project pension spending: The Czech pension system
Fall, Falilou - 2021
This paper presents a simulation framework developed to assess the impact of ageing on the financial sustainability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630056
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Unleashing the full potential of the Turkish business sector
Dlugosch, Dennis - 2021
Productivity in Turkey has been growing stronger than in most peer countries since 2010 but has slowed down. Despite a remarkably entrepreneurial population, business dynamism has also been less vigorous in recent years. This working paper discusses the factors behind this slowdown and analyses...
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Tackling the challenges of population ageing in the Slovak Republic
Hwang, Hyunjeong - 2022
Slovakia’s population is ageing rapidly, with the share of the working-age population expected to shrink by about a … fifth in the next 30 years. Ageing-related costs are projected to increase much more strongly than in other EU countries and … ageing will put pressure on potential growth and living standards. To prepare for an ageing society, pension, health and long …
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