Social Spending in Korea : Can it Foster Sustainable and Inclusive Growth? /
Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly aging population and ameliorating income inequality. This paper argues that a gradual increase in social spending could promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea. In p...
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| 格式: | 雜誌 |
| 語言: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2012.
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| 叢編: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2012/250 |
| 在線閱讀: | Full text available on IMF |
| 總結: | Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly aging population and ameliorating income inequality. This paper argues that a gradual increase in social spending could promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea. In particular, simulation results suggest that social spending which supports labor market reforms can boost longer-term growth. However, despite rapid increases recently-albeit from a low base-there is still a social spending gap relative to Korea's OECD peers. Because of several fiscal challenges in the coming decades, increases in social spending should be incremental, and would be usefully guided by a longer-term fiscal framework. |
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| 實物描述: | 1 online resource (21 pages) |
| 格式: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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