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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788346703321

Autore

Monroe Hunter

Titolo

Can the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union Afford to Grow Old? / / Hunter Monroe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-8504-4

1-4527-7530-3

1-282-84260-9

9786612842603

1-4518-7186-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (15 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Pensions

Labor

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Emigration and Immigration

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration

Regional Labor Markets

Population

Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits

Private Pensions

International Migration

Social Security and Public Pensions

Public Enterprises

Public-Private Enterprises

National Government Expenditures and Health

Migration, immigration & emigration

Civil service & public sector

Public finance & taxation

Migration

Pension spending

Public sector

Health care spending



Expenditure

Population and demographics

Economic sectors

Emigration and immigration

Finance, Public

Expenditures, Public

Antigua and Barbuda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Emigration and Sustainability; III. Asset Returns and Portfolio Allocation; IV. Other Age-Related Spending; V. Policy Recommendations; Figures; 1. Demographic Profile, 2005-60; 2. Social Security Reserve Assets per Actuarial Reviews; 3. Countries with the Largest Emigration to OECD, 1970-2000; 4. Estimates of Annual Emigration Rates, 2000; 5. Demographic Profile with Constant Emigration at the Historical OECD Rate, 2005-60; 6. Projected Year of Pension Fund Reserve Asset Depletion; 7. Social Security Reserve Portfolio Asset Allocations

8. Average Age-Related Expenditure, 2004-069. Costs of Aging, 2006 vs. 2050; References

Sommario/riassunto

The demographic transition in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) now underway is rapid compared with international experience, and emigration is playing a particularly large role. This paper describes and quantifies several factors which could magnify the challenge of pension reform. First, for some ECCU countries, continued emigration at historical rates would considerably advance the projected date at which pension scheme assets are depleted. Second, there is a significant risk that assets will underperform, given the large exposures to the highly-leveraged public sector and to a lesser extent the record with private sector investments. Third, portfolio diversification away from the public sector could be complicated by age-related pressure for greater central government health spending.