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Title Demographic change in Uruguay : economic opportunities and challenges / edited by Rafael Rofman, VerĂ³nica Amarante, and Ignacio Apella
Published Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Directions in development. Human development
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development
Contents Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Demographic Change and Social Policies in Uruguay; Introduction; Uruguay's Demography: 1950-2100; Income and Consumption Profiles and Their Impact on Social Spending; The Impacts on Macroeconomics: The Challenge of Productivity; Conclusions and Policy Challenges; Structure of the Book; Notes; Reference; Chapter 2 Current and Future Uruguayan Demographics; Introduction; Demographics: Past and Present; Projections under Different Scenarios; Dependency Ratios and the Demographic Dividend; Conclusions; Notes
A Brief Description of Uruguay's Health Care SystemHealth Care Sector Expenditure and Financing; Health Care Spending Forecasts, 2013-2100; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Demographic Change and the Education System; Introduction; Coverage and Completion; Education Spending; The Uruguayan Demographic Transition: Implications for Education Policy; Final Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Labor Market and Productivity; Introduction; Labor Participation and Productivity: Recent Evolution (1981-2013); What Can We Expect from the Evolution of Labor Force Participation?
The Effects of Changes in Worker ProductivityFinal Comments; Annex 7A: Some Key Labor Indicators; Notes; References; Chapter 8 Demographic Transition in the International Context; Introduction; The Demographic Transition and the Demographic Dividend; The Life-Cycle Deficit and Sustaining Consumption; The Generosity of Public Social Spending; Final Reflections; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Macroeconomic Effects of Demographic Change: Contributions from a Long-Term Perspective; Introduction; Macroeconomic Impacts of Demographic Transition; Demographics and the Uruguayan Economy
The Demographic Transition and Economic GrowthIntergenerational Transfers and Consumption Patterns; Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy; Conclusions; Annex 9A: Marginal Propensity to Save and Income Level per Capita; Annex 9B: Forecasts of IRPF + IASS and IVA + IMESI as a Percentage of GDP; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Sources of Growth in a Context of Population Aging; Introduction; Aging and the Growth Dilemma; Sources of Productivity Growth; Conclusions; Notes; References; Boxes; Box 2.1 Alternative Demographic Forecasts
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Subject Demographic transition -- Uruguay
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
Demographic transition
Economic history
Population
SUBJECT Uruguay -- Population
Uruguay -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141482
Subject Uruguay
Form Electronic book
Author Rofman, Rafael, editor
Amarante, VerĂ³nica, editor
Apella, Ignacio, editor
LC no. 2016023783
ISBN 9781464808456
1464808457