From Generosity to Sustainability : the Austrian Pension System and Options for its Reform /

Austria has probably the world's highest pension expenditures relative to its economic size, largely because of the generosity of its pension system. This paper examines the institutional setup of the Austrian pension system and projects its future development based on current policies. The pro...

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Main Author: Thimann, Christian
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Other Authors: Koch, Manfred
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997
Washington, D.C. : 1997
Series:IMF Working Papers ; Working Paper No. 97/10
IMF Working Papers ; Working Paper no. 97/10
IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/010
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546 |a English 
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650 4 |a Aging population 
650 4 |a Aging populations 
650 4 |a Average pension 
650 4 |a Average retirement age 
650 4 |a Benefits 
650 4 |a Civil service pensions 
650 4 |a Compensation 
650 4 |a Contribution payments 
650 4 |a Contribution period 
650 4 |a Contribution periods 
650 4 |a Contribution rate 
650 4 |a Contribution rates 
650 4 |a Dependency ratio 
650 4 |a Dependency ratios 
650 4 |a Disability pension 
650 4 |a Disability pensions 
650 4 |a Early retirement pensions 
650 4 |a Early retirement 
650 4 |a Employees pension 
650 4 |a Gross wage 
650 4 |a Gross wages 
650 4 |a Labor force 
650 4 |a Level of pension expenditure 
650 4 |a Level of pension expenditures 
650 4 |a Life expectancy 
650 4 |a Lower pension 
650 4 |a Male pensioners 
650 4 |a Net wage 
650 4 |a Net wages 
650 4 |a Old-age pension 
650 4 |a Old-age pensioner 
650 4 |a Old-age pensions 
650 4 |a Optimal pension 
650 4 |a Payroll 
650 4 |a Pension age 
650 4 |a Pension benefit 
650 4 |a Pension benefits 
650 4 |a Pension entitlements 
650 4 |a Pension expenditure 
650 4 |a Pension expenditures 
650 4 |a Pension fund 
650 4 |a Pension insurance 
650 4 |a Pension liabilities 
650 4 |a Pension payments 
650 4 |a Pension reform 
650 4 |a Pension reforms 
650 4 |a Pension rights 
650 4 |a Pension saving 
650 4 |a Pension scheme 
650 4 |a Pension schemes 
650 4 |a Pension system 
650 4 |a Pension systems 
650 4 |a Pension 
650 4 |a Pensioner 
650 4 |a Pensioners 
650 4 |a Pensions 
650 4 |a Pillar pension 
650 4 |a Private saving 
650 4 |a Public pension schemes 
650 4 |a Public pension 
650 4 |a Replacement rate 
650 4 |a Replacement rates 
650 4 |a Retirement age 
650 4 |a Retirement ages 
650 4 |a Retirement pensions 
650 4 |a Retirement 
650 4 |a Service pensions 
650 4 |a Survivor pensions 
650 4 |a Tax rate 
650 4 |a Value of pensions 
650 4 |a Wage adjustment 
650 4 |a Wage earners 
650 4 |a Wage growth 
650 4 |a Wage level 
650 4 |a Wage levels 
650 4 |a Wage 
650 4 |a Wages 
650 4 |a Worker 
650 4 |a Working pensioners 
650 7 |a Aging  |2 imf 
650 7 |a Demography  |2 imf 
650 7 |a Economics of the Elderly  |2 imf 
650 7 |a Economics of the Handicapped  |2 imf 
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650 7 |a Retirement  |2 imf 
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650 7 |a Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General  |2 imf 
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