Greece: Selected Issues

January 6, 2006

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Greece: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the growth prospects of the Greek economy. It is estimated that exceptional factors boosted growth by 1 percentage point per year in recent years and, under current trends and policies, growth is likely to drop to about 3 percent by the end of the decade. The paper places the recent strong growth performance of the Greek economy in a historical and international context. It also assesses the impact of exceptional factors on growth, and presents statistical estimates of potential growth.

Subject: Aging, Expenditure, Labor, Migration, Pension spending, Pensions, Population and demographics, Production, Social security contributions, Taxes, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Aging, CR, Eastern Europe, Europe, Evolution of pensioner, GDP growth, ISCR, Labor force, Migration, Participation rate, Pension benefit, Pension deficit, Pension expenditure, Pension spending, Pensions, Publication policy, Reader comment, Social security contributions, TFP growth, Total factor productivity

Publication Details

Pages:

80
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2006/005
Stock No:

1GRCEA2006002
ISBN:

9781451816242
ISSN:

1934-7685

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