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Demographic change across the globe maintaining social security in ageing economies
Peeters, Marga; Groot, Lucas Franciscus Michaël - 2011
This paper investigates the fiscal pressure from demographic change in relation to the labour marketspace for fifty countries that cover 75% of the world population. The pressure-to-space indicator ranks Poland, Turkey and Greece high. Apart from Turkey and India, developing countries rank low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524903
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Demographic pressure in the European Union
Peeters, Marga; Groot, Lucas Franciscus Michaël - 2012
On top of the sovereign debt crisis in the European Union, demographic change is exerting enormous pressure on public finances. We analyse four policy options: lowering pension benefits, increasing labour market participation of the native population, immigration and participation of older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526636
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Samuelson's contributions to population theory and overlapping generations in economics
Lee, Ronald Demos - 2019
Paul Samuelson made a series of important contributions to population theory for humans and other species, evolutionary theory, and the theory of age structured life cycles in economic equilibrium and growth. The work is highly abstract but much of it was intended to illuminate issues of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027303
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Old-age provision in transition : the case of Croatia
Werding, Martin; Primorac, Marko - 2016
The Croatian system of old-age provision comprises a traditional public pay-as-you-go scheme and a mandatory funded scheme ("second pillar") that will provide increasing amounts of supplementary pensions to those entering retirement in the future. Due to the continuing economic crisis, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429587
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The global economic crisis : an opportunity for strengthening Asia's social protection systems?
Asher, Mukul G. - 2010
The current global economic crisis has led to greater prominence for the issue of strengthening social protection systems in Asia. This paper analyzes the key factors determining and the possible avenues for strengthening social protection systems in Asia. The choice of an appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003982939
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Demographic Change Across the Globe - Maintaining Social Security in Ageing Economies
Peeters, Marga - 2012
This paper investigates the fiscal pressure from demographic change in relation to the labor market space for fifty countries that cover 75% of the world population. The pressure-to-space indicator ranks Poland, Turkey and Greece high. Apart from Turkey and India, developing countries rank low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113360
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Demographic Transition and its Impacts on Fiscal Sustainability in East and Southeast Asia
Korwatanasakul, Upalat; Sirivunnabood, Pitchaya; Majoe, Adam - 2021
Many economies in East and Southeast Asia are progressing toward becoming aging or aged societies. The impacts of this demographic transition are multifaceted and far-reaching and include declining tax revenues, leading to fiscal imbalances, and possible increases in government expenditures for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239031
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Demographic transition and its impacts on fiscal sustainability in East and Southeast Asia
Upalat Korwatanasakul; Pitchaya Sirivunnabood; Majoe, Adam - 2021
Many economies in East and Southeast Asia are progressing toward becoming aging or aged societies. The impacts of this demographic transition are multifaceted and far-reaching and include declining tax revenues, leading to fiscal imbalances, and possible increases in government expenditures for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012490479
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China's economic demography transition strategy : a population weighted approach to the economy and policy
Johnston, Lauren A. - 2020
economic and demographic change - an economic demography transition approach - has never been more pressing. Thanks partly to …'s consequential and ongoing economic demography transition strategy within the economic and development policy discourse. Amid epochal … demographic, public health, and geo-economic change, this economic demography perspective is timely, unique and useful in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241583
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Assessing components of uncertainty in demographic forecasts with an application to fiscal sustainability
Alho, Juha; Lassila, Jukka - 2022
When the future evolution of demographic processes is described in a stochastic setting, the challenge is to communicate the meaning of forecast uncertainty in an understandable way, to decision makers and public at large. For the purpose of risk communication, a formal setting is developed, in...
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