ageing and current account balances in OECD countries. First, the negative impact of population ageing on general savings … distinguishes between two groups: the ageing society and the aged society. Empirical results indicate that demographic changes, such … as dependency ratios, have no effect on current account balances in the ageing society group, but have a definite effect …

This report builds and expands upon the analyses of Report Card No. 6 which considered relative income poverty …

(Luxembourg Income Study), the adjusted disposable income inequality calculated by Gini coefficients in Korea was 0.358 for the … year 2000. Compare to the 1996 figure of 0.298 the increase of income inequality has skyrocketed. In addition, the adjusted … market income inequality increased from 0.302 in 1996 to 0.374 in 2000. The disposable income inequality ranked the third and …

sources of aggregate fluctuations in the Korean economy and the determinants of changes in inequality. We show that … international factors are important determinants of fluctuations in Korea including key aspects of inequality. A key finding is that … and income inequality …