Global Aging and Declining World Interest Rates : Macroeconomic Insurance Through Pension Reform in Cyprus /

How will the world-wide decline in real interest rates associated with global aging affect small open economies (SOEs) with aging populations? Lower interest rates will result in higher capital-labor ratios and increased wages; higher wages, in turn, will be passed on to pension benefits, exacerbati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffmaister, Willy
Other Authors: Catalan, Mario, Guajardo, Jaime
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/098
Online Access:Full text available on IMF