## Switzerland: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, June 10, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 10, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807271.002

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### Overview
- 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.

### Major findings on aging and growth
- 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.

### Unfunded liabilities and policy consistency
- 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.

### Health care system and reforms
- The paper examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland, given demographic pressures and public finance considerations.

### Keywords and subject focus
- 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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