The Fiscal Consequences of Shrinking Populations /

This Staff Discussion Note looks at the stark fiscal challenges posed by the decline and aging of populations between now and 2100. It finds that without reforms, pensions and health spending would rise to 25 percent of GDP by end-century in more developed countries (and 16 percent of GDP in less de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clements, Benedict
Other Authors: Dybczak, Kamil, Gaspar, Vitor, Gupta, Sanjeev
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2015/021
Online Access:Full text available on IMF