Population Aging and Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability in Austria /

Austria faces significant population aging. This will increase public spending on pensions, health care, and long-term care, while tax and social security revenues will fall. This paper analyzes the fiscal burden facing Austria due to aging and the policy steps necessary to address it. The paper fin...

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Hlavní autor: Eskesen, Leif
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/216
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF
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