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  "title": "Switzerland: Selected Issues",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper attempts to quantify the impact of the demographic shift on growth and public finances in Switzerland. It examines the intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, focusing primarily on social security, and explores policy options.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Paper objective: quantify the impact of the demographic shift on growth and public finances in Switzerland; examine intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities (focusing primarily on social security); explore policy options.\n- Scope: aging, social security, public finances, and health care reforms in Switzerland."
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    {
      "heading": "Major findings on aging and growth",
      "content": "- The impact of aging on the economy has been moderate to date.\n- The number of pensioners has risen in recent years, but this rise is mainly owing to early retirees taking advantage of the generous disability and pension systems."
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      "heading": "Unfunded liabilities and policy consistency",
      "content": "- The paper examines intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, with a primary focus on social security.\n- It explores policy options to address the fiscal implications of demographic change."
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    {
      "heading": "Health care system and reforms",
      "content": "- The paper examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland, given demographic pressures and public finance considerations."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Aging, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Health, Health care, Health care spending, Insurance companies, Population and demographics, Total factor productivity.\n- Keywords highlighted in the paper: Aging, asset, asset type, assets of bank, cost, CR, Europe, Global, government, government majority, government regulation, Health care, Health care spending, high quality asset, Insurance companies, ISCR, Switzerland.\n\nSource: Switzerland: Selected Issues — https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/switzerland-selected-issues-18310\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Switzerland: Selected Issues\n  - Switzerland: Selected Issues (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Switzerland: Selected Issues (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/switzerland-selected-issues-18310"
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    "Published: June 10, 2005",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807271.002",
    "Paper objective: quantify the impact of the demographic shift on growth and public finances in Switzerland; examine intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities (focusing primarily on social security); explore policy options.",
    "Scope: aging, social security, public finances, and health care reforms in Switzerland.",
    "The impact of aging on the economy has been moderate to date.",
    "The number of pensioners has risen in recent years, but this rise is mainly owing to early retirees taking advantage of the generous disability and pension systems.",
    "The paper examines intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, with a primary focus on social security.",
    "It explores policy options to address the fiscal implications of demographic change.",
    "The paper examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland, given demographic pressures and public finance considerations.",
    "Subjects: Aging, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Health, Health care, Health care spending, Insurance companies, Population and demographics, Total factor productivity.",
    "Keywords highlighted in the paper: Aging, asset, asset type, assets of bank, cost, CR, Europe, Global, government, government majority, government regulation, Health care, Health care spending, high quality asset, Insurance companies, ISCR, Switzerland.",
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