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Meeting fiscal challenges in Japan's rapidly ageing society
Jones, Randall Sidney; Seitani, Haruki - 2019
Japan’s gross government debt of 226% of GDP in 2018 is the highest ever recorded in the OECD area, and places the economy at risk. The government now aims to achieve a primary surplus by FY 2025. Additional fiscal consolidation, based on a detailed plan covering specific spending cuts and tax...
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IMF engagement on pension issues in surveillance and program work
Internationaler Währungsfonds / Fiscal Affairs Department; … - 2022
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Melhores aposentadorias, melhores trabalhos : Em direção à cobertura universal na América Latina e no Caribe Title: Mejores pensiones mejores trabajos: Hacia la cobertura universal...
Bosch, Mariano; Pages, Carmen; Melguizo, Ángel - Inter-American Development Bank
, new problems appear that economic policymakers must address. How to provide adequate pensions for the elderly is one such … only in the lack of coverage, but also in the low level of benefits, even of contributory pensions. It argues that to … design public policies for pensions, it is essential to understand the complex web of interactions between employers and …
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Restoring Japan's Fiscal Sustainability
Jones, Randall S.; Urasawa, Satoshi - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
With gross government debt surpassing 200% of GDP, Japan’s fiscal situation is in uncharted territory. In addition to robust nominal GDP growth, correcting two decades of budget deficits requires a large and sustained fiscal consolidation based on a detailed and credible multi-year plan that...
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Public Pension, Pension Reform and Fiscal Policy.
Davis, E.P. - European Central Bank - 1996
This paper seeks to contribute to debate on the issue of reform of pension systems in the EU, in the context of the direct effects of such provisions on fiscal policy.
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Aging Populations and Public Pension Schemes
Chand, Sheetal K.; Jaeger, Albert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996
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Pension Reforms in Japan
Kashiwase, Kenichiro; Nozaki, Masahiro; Tokuoka, Kiichi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper analyzes various reform options for Japan’s public pension in light of large fiscal consolidation needs of the country. The most attractive option is to increase the pension eligibility age in line with high and rising life expectancy. This would have a positive effect on...
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Melhores aposentadorias, melhores trabalhos : Em direção à cobertura universal na América Latina e no Caribe Title: Mejores pensiones mejores trabajos: Hacia la cobertura universal...
Bosch, Mariano; Melguizo, Ángel; Pages, Carmen - Inter-American Development Bank
, new problems appear that economic policymakers must address. How to provide adequate pensions for the elderly is one such … only in the lack of coverage, but also in the low level of benefits, even of contributory pensions. It argues that to … design public policies for pensions, it is essential to understand the complex web of interactions between employers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895443
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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...
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The impact of social security on household welfare : evidence from a transition country
Cuong Viet Nguyen - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 25 (2013) 5, pp. 737-756
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