particularly strong, because a large portion of the current baby-boomers are in their peak earning years, and their retirement will …

solid growth with low inflation, and vulnerabilities to potential shocks appear low. With Korea aging at an almost … unprecedented rate, spending on pensions, health, and long-term care could rise by as much as 11 percent of GDP over the long term …

experience a significant aging of their populations during the next several decades. This paper explores how these aging Asian … countries are addressing and anticipating the challenges of an aging society. It suggests that Asia's preparedness for an aging … establish an adequate and farsighted policy framework in the areas of pensions, health insurance, and labor market policies. …

GDP by 2012. Instead, raising the retirement age and prefunding future aging costs would be needed to keep debt below 60 … due to population aging, pension reform proposals are also being considered. In this paper we assess the macroeconomic …

This paper simulates the macroeconomic effects of population aging in a dynamic overlapping generations model of a … small open economy. The model is calibrated to data for the Czech Republic, where population aging is proceeding at a pace … comparable to that in other advanced countries in Europe. Simulations show that population aging is likely to slow economic …

the great influence of Congress on pension design through both regulation and favorable tax treatment of retirement … accounts. Employer contributions to employee pensions have remained stagnant and, in some cases, even declined. We conclude …