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How to Assess Fiscal Implications of Demographic Shifts: A Granular Approach

By David Amaglobeli, Wei Shi

September 27, 2016

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David Amaglobeli, and Wei Shi. How to Assess Fiscal Implications of Demographic Shifts: A Granular Approach, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed November 7, 2024

Summary

Over the next few decades, the world will experience significant demographic shifts, with material fiscal implications. In many advanced and emerging market economies, aging populations will lead to higher spending on pensions and health care. Moreover, projected population dynamics will adversely affect growth and government revenues. Building on and extending a 2015 IMF Staff Discussion Note by Clements and others, this note presents a simple framework that can assist researchers in quantifying the effects of demographic changes resulting from population aging on government fiscal balances. It includes two country applications of the framework and an associated template. The note addresses several key questions: What are channels through which demographic changes could affect public finances? How can we quantify the fiscal impact of demographic changes? How can we tailor the assessment to country-specific circumstances?

Subject: Aging, Demographic change, Expenditure, Health care spending, Labor, Labor force participation, Population and demographics

Keywords: Age structure, Age-gender cohort, Age-related expenditure, Age-related expenditure elasticity, Aging, Consumption spending, Coverage ratio, Demographic change, Demographics scenario GDP, Dependency ratio, Europe, Expenditure elasticity, FADHTN, Health care spending, HTN, Labor force, Labor force participation, Low-fertility scenario, Medium-fertility scenario, Replacement rate, Status quo

Publication Details

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    24

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  • Series:

    How-To Note No. 2016/002

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    FADHTNEA2016002

  • ISBN:

    9781475536072

  • ISSN:

    2522-7912

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