This study sought to quantify the impact of demographics on the expense of the public pensions as a share (%) of the Gross Domestic Product GDP, by 2060 and 2100, based upon a simplified forecasting model. The results show a strong expansion in expenditures due to the fast and intense process of...

This study sought to quantify the impact of demographics on the expense of the public pensions as a share (%) of the Gross Domestic Product GDP, by 2060 and 2100, based upon a simplified forecasting model. The results show a strong expansion in expenditures due to the fast and intense process of...

This paper aims to estimate the distributional effects of Social Security, among Brazilian regions, addressing two aspects: transfers between individuals of the same cohort but of different regions, i.e., cross-subsidies to consider the benefits and contributions made over life cycle, and...

Between 1940 and 2000, 129 million inhabitants were added to the Brazilian population, an average of 21,5 million per decade. In the first half of XXI century, estimatives suggest, on average, an addition of 90 million inhabitants to the Brazilian population, 2,5 times the population of...

This paper aims to provide insights for the development of a study based on utilization rates on health services. The following topics are addressed: (1) the motivation for the study of health services utilization rates ; (2) utilization rates of public health services in light of demographic...

The population projections elaborated in this work sought to fulfi ll the objective of producing quantitative inputs that help in the analysis and simulations of the macroeconomic impacts of different proposals for reforming the social security system in Brazil. Hence the need to consider, in...

A população brasileira tem sofrido profundas transformações nas últimas três décadas, que terão enormes repercussões em termos sociais e econômicos. Há uma certa dificuldade, por parte da sociedade brasileira, até aquela com nível educacional mais elevado, em apreender estas...

The population projections elaborated in this work sought to fulfi ll the objective of producing quantitative inputs that help in the analysis and simulations of the macroeconomic impacts of different proposals for reforming the social security system in Brazil. Hence the need to consider, in...