Mainly due to increasing concerns about the potential impact of population ageing the sustainability of public finances has become one of the key issues in fiscal assessments. This paper briefly reviews the different theoretical benchmarks and empirical tests for sustainability and assesses the...

Der Generationenmonitor ist ein Modell, das auf der Methodik von Generationenkontenmodellen basiert. Es dient dazu, langfristige Auswirkungen der Gesetzgebung und der politischen Rahmenbedingungen zu analysieren und dadurch gegebenenfalls Handlungsbedarf abzuleiten. Da-bei werden zum einen...

The ongoing demographic change is expected to negatively affect the effective labor supply of various developed countries. In order to counteract these developments, many suggested policy measures target the participation rate of women and old workers. In this paper, I develop a multi-sectoral...

In this paper, I demonstrate that an indicator which is commonly used to assess the long-term fiscal sustainability of public finances in EU member states (“S2”) is also defined if government borrowing rates are assumed to be permanently lower than the growth rate of GDP. I illustrate this...

Im Vergleich zu zwei vorausgegangenen Tragfähigkeitsanalysen von 2005 und 2008, die das ifo Institut für das Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF) durchgeführt hat, berücksichtigt die Studie jüngste Entwicklungen wie die Finanzmarktkrise und erweitert den Zeithorizont bis 2060. Gegenstand...

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...

This chapter provides a review of some implications of demographic shift arising from population aging for fiscal policy, taxation policy, and social security settings. The key implications of population aging that have been forthcoming from the many national and international macroeconomic...

The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...

The Swedish Fiscal Policy Council (FPC) set up in 2007 is one example of the recent international trend to create independent fiscal watchdogs. The FPC has established itself as an important participant in the Swedish economic policy discussion. The FPC has small resources and a broad remit...