Greece: Selected Issue—An Overview of Pension Reform

IMF Staff Country Reports, March 15, 2002

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Bibliographic details

• Published: March 15, 2002
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451816167.002

Summary overview

• This Selected Issue paper provides an overview of the public pension system in Greece, and of prospective pension-related spending pressures.
• The paper reviews the structure of Greece’s pension system and compares some basic parameters of the Greek pension system with those of other European Union economies.
• It provides an overview of demographic projections for Greece in an international context.
• The paper examines the sensitivity of the expenditure projections to variations in demographic and macroeconomic assumptions, including those relating to the rate of productivity growth.

Major themes and findings

• Structure and comparative parameters of the Greek pension system:
  • Reviews the structure of Greece’s pension system.
  • Compares basic parameters of the Greek pension system with those of other European Union economies.
• Demographic context:
  • Provides an overview of demographic projections for Greece in an international context.
• Pension expenditure projections and sensitivities:
  • Examines prospective pension-related spending pressures.
  • Analyzes sensitivity of expenditure projections to variations in demographic and macroeconomic assumptions, including assumptions on the rate of productivity growth.

Subjects and keywords (as listed)

• Subjects: Aging, Expenditure, Labor, Pension projections, Pension spending, Pensions, Population and demographics, Retirement
• Keywords: Aging, average earnings, benefit ratio, contribution evasion, CR, early retirement, earnings, expenditure projection, government, Greece, indexation system, ISCR, occupational pension, pension expenditure projection, pension indexation, Pension projections, Pension spending, Pensions, private employee, replacement rate, Retirement, survivors pensioner

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