Fiscal policy and ageing
6. Oktober 2017The small, high-level workshop explored the long-run fiscal challenges in an ageing society by focusing on the influence of demography on potential growth and fiscal development issues. International high-level representatives from various institutions (i.e. universities, the ECB, the European Commission, national fiscal councils) participated.
| Programm und Präsentationen |
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| FISK-Workshop: | FISCAL POLICY AND AGEING |
| Friday, October 6, 2017 | |
| Opening Remarks: | Bernhard Felderer, Austrian Fiscal Advisory Council |
| SESSION I: | FISCAL CHALLENGES AND SUSTAINABILITY IN AN AGEING SOCIETY |
| Chair: Bernhard Felderer, Austrian Fiscal Advisory Council | |
| Keynote Speaker: | David Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, USA Long-run economic perspectives of an ageing society |
| Papers: | Stéphanie Pamies Sumner, European Commission, Belgium Assessing long−term fiscal challenges in uncertain times |
| Carolin Nerlich, European Central Bank, Germany The macroeconomic effects of pension reforms |
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| Discussant: | Alexia Fürnkranz−Prskawetz, Technische Universität Wien, Austria |
| SESSION II: | PUBLIC SPENDING ON LONG TERM CARE AND HEALTH |
| Chair: Gottfried Haber, Austrian Fiscal Advisory Council | |
| Keynote Speaker: | Jim Ebdon, Office for Budget Responsibility, United Kingdom Fiscal sustainability and public spending on health |
| Papers: | Santiago A. Calvo Ramos, European Commission, Belgium Policy challenges and reform options for health systems in the EU |
| Philip Schuster, Office of the Austrian Fiscal Advisory Council Fiscal challenges for the long−term care system in Austria |
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| Discussant: | Chris James, Organisation for Economic Co−operation and Development, France |
| SESSION III: | PENSION REFORMS IN ADVANCED COUNTRIES: REASONS AND IMPLICATIONS |
| Chair: Markus Marterbauer, Austrian Fiscal Advisory Council | |
| Keynote Speaker: | Roel Beetsma, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands What drives pension reform measures in the OECD? |
| Papers: | Rafael Doménech, University of Valencia and BBVA Research, Spain Pensions, economic growth and welfare in advanced economies |
| Soren Arnberg, Danish Ministry of Finance, Denmark Indexation of statutory pension age, pension wealth and retirement |
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| Discussant: | Markus Knell, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria |
