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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788707603321

Titolo

Finance & Development, September 2006

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-0582-2

1-4552-2136-8

1-282-84485-7

9786612844850

1-4552-3445-1

1-4519-2248-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (59 pages)

Collana

Finance & Development

Soggetti

Labor

Public Finance

Demography

Emigration and Immigration

Economics of the Elderly

Economics of the Handicapped

Non-labor Market Discrimination

Demographic Economics: General

International Migration

Health: General

Social Security and Public Pensions

Population & demography

Migration, immigration & emigration

Pensions

Labour

income economics

Public finance & taxation

Health economics

Aging

Population and demographics

Migration

Health

Pension spending

Expenditure

Population aging

Population



Emigration and immigration

Expenditures, Public

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

The Economics of Demographics provides a detailed look at how the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global development. The issue explores demographic change and the effects of population aging from a variety of angles, including pensions, health care, financial markets, and migration, and looks specifically at the impact in Europe and Asia. Picture This looks at global demographic trends, while Back to Basics explains the concept of the demographic dividend. Country Focus spotlights Kazakhstan, while People in Economics profiles Nobel prize winner Robert Mundell. IMF Economic Counsellor Raghuram Rajan argues for further change in India's style of government in his column, Straight Talk.