Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil /

In recent decades, population has been aging fast in Brazil while old age pensions and healthrelated spending have increased. As the population ages, the spending trend threaten to reach unsustainable levels absent reforms. Increasing the retirement age is key, but by itself will not provide suffici...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Cuevas, Alfredo (Autor), Karpowicz, I. (Izabela) (Autor), Mulas-Granados, Carlos (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2017]
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/17/99.
Temas:
Aging > Brazil.
Old age assistance > Brazil.
Older people > Brazil.
Older people > Economic aspects > Brazil.
Vieillissement > Brésil.
Assistance-vieillesse > Brésil.
Personnes âgées > Brésil.
Personnes âgées > Aspect économique > Brésil.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Aging
Old age assistance
Older people
Brazil
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • A. Overview
  • B. Brazil's Pension and Health Systems
  • C. Challenges from Aging Population
  • D. Reform Options
  • E. Concluding Comments
  • Boxes
  • 1. Recent Changes in Retirement Incentives
  • 2. Realism of Baseline Pension Expenditure Projections
  • 3. Pension Reform Proposals Under Discussion
  • Figures
  • 1. Demographic Indicators, 1960-2014
  • 2. Pension Expenditure and Share of Elderly
  • 3. Health Expenditure, 2013
  • 4. Projected Fertility and Mortality Rates
  • 5. Population Projections
  • 6. Decomposition of Pension Expenditure
  • 7. Pension Expenditure Projections, 2015-21
  • 8. Pension and Health Spending Under the Baseline Scenario
  • 9. Gains from Policies Raising Labor Force Participation
  • 10. Reform Options to Stabilize Pension Spending, 2015-30
  • 11. Estimated Impact of Various Pension Reform Options
  • 12. Impact of Health Reforms
  • Tables
  • 1. Key Parameters of the Brazilian Pension System, 2015
  • 2. Benchmarks of Key Indicators
  • 3. Determinants of Health Spending
  • References.

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