Global Aging Forum: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the EU

  • Date: Thursday, Feb 15, 2007
    Location:

    CSIS
    1800 K Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C.

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    Speaker:
    Declan Costello    , Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

    Chaired by:
    Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

    Dr. Declan Costello, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, spoke on “The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the EU.”  He heads up the working group that produces the EU’s long-term projections of public pension and health-care spending.  He talked about the bottom line numbers in the latest projections, the underlying assumptions, and the impact of recent reforms—especially “automatic stabilizers” like those enacted in Sweden and Germany.

    Programs
    Global Aging Initiative, The Global Aging Forum
    Topics
    Demography
    Regions
    Europe

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