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Republic of Slovenia Selected Issues

This paper provides a background on the key policy challenges for Slovenia in the euro zone. Then, it assesses the discretionary scope to adjust spending and proposes initial steps to enhance budget flexibility so that fiscal adjustment can be targeted on relatively inefficient spending. This study...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2006
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Population & Demography
Private Pensions
Economics Of The Handicapped
Pension Spending
Labour
Social Security And Public Pensions
Non-labor Market Discrimination
Public Finance & Taxation
National Government Expenditures And Health
Nonwage Labor Costs And Benefits
Health Care Spending
Wages, Compensation, And Labor Costs: General
Trade: General
Exports And Imports
Economics Of The Elderly
Aging
Population Aging
Labor
Population And Demographics
Expenditure
Retirement
Demography
Exports
Expenditures, Public
Pensions
Macroeconomics
Wages
Public Finance
Income Economics
Slovenia, Republic Of
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper provides a background on the key policy challenges for Slovenia in the euro zone. Then, it assesses the discretionary scope to adjust spending and proposes initial steps to enhance budget flexibility so that fiscal adjustment can be targeted on relatively inefficient spending. This study also discusses the long-term fiscal sustainability position of Slovenia using a generational accounting framework. A simulation of retirement incentives suggests that the pension system will encourage individuals to retire earlier than the statutory full pensionable age. These incentives are stronger for low-income earners
Physical Description:111 pages
ISBN:9781451835786

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