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Demography, Sustainability, and Growth Notes on the future of the European "Social Market" Economy

Pammolli, Fabio - CERM - Competitività, Regole, Mercati - 2013

In most European countries, a rebalance of the excess of Pay-as-You-Go financing for pension and health expenditure is important, to reduce the current and expected future pressure on public finances. A debate should be promoted on how to achieve an optimal design, which combines PayGo and real...

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La spesa sanitaria Ssn in Italia e nel Lazio. Ricostruzione con la metodologia Ecofin-Ocse, 1990 - oggi

SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

outsider position of Lazio cannot be attributed to different strength of the ageing process, neither to different evolution of …

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Costly Ageing or Costly Deaths? Understanding Health Care Expenditure Using Australian Medicare Payments Data

Yong, Jongsay; Johnson, David - Econometric Society - 2004

per capita health expenditures is often cited as evidence that population ageing is the main driver of health care costs … rather than ageing that is driving health care costs. This paper examines the issue by estimating a two-equation exact … once proximity to death is accounted for, population ageing has either a negligible or even negative effect on health care …

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Aging Populations and Public Pension Schemes

Chand, Sheetal K.; Jaeger, Albert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996

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Alternative Social Security Systems in CIS Countries

Ahmad, Ehtisham; Schneider, Jean-Luc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1993

In the USSR in 1990, social security reforms led to the imposition of a uniform system of benefits in a large and demographically diverse country. This required inter-regional transfers, which are now no longer feasible with the demise of the USSR. Relatively high contribution rates also pose a...

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Population Aging in Japan; Demographic Shock and Fiscal Sustainability

Mühleisen, Martin; Faruqee, Hamid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

The paper develops a general equilibrium framework to examine the economic implications of population aging in Japan. Particular attention is paid to aggregate saving behavior which is modeled on the basis of empirical age-earnings profiles using a life-cycle approach. The paper's objectives are...

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Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility; A Political Economy Perspective

Tosun, Mehmet S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. Migrant workers change the political structure composed of young and elderly voters in both labor-receiving and...

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Georgia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

The Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Program (EDPRP) was developed with the active participation and support of society, executive authorities, nongovernment organizations, academia, businessmen, and donors. The study additionally provides coordinated mechanisms for bilateral and...

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Health, Work Intensity, and Technological Innovations

Boucekkine, Raouf; Hritonenko, Natali; Yatsenko, Yuri - 2013

Work significantly affects human life and health. Overworking may decrease the quality of life and cause direct economic losses. Technological innovations encourage modernization of firms’ capital and improve labor productivity in the workplace. The paper investigates the optimal individual...

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Measuring Performance in Primary Care: Econometric Analysis and DEA

Giuffrida, Antonio; Gravelle, Hugh - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University …

We use data from the Health Service Indicators database to compare different methods of measuring the performance of English Family Health Services Authorities (FHSAs) in providing primary care. A variety of regression and data envelopment analysis methods are compared as summary efficiency...

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