Spain: Selected Background Issues

May 16, 1995

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Spain: Selected Background Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed November 25, 2024

Summary

This Selected Background Issues paper examines different aspects of the social security system in Spain. The paper describes the role of this system in the process of consolidating the government finances in the short- and medium-term, and to present possible measures to address the policy challenges of the longer term. An analysis of the finances of the social security system is presented. The paper provides a description of the main features of the pension system and projections of its financial situation in the long term.

Subject: Expenditure, Health care spending, Inflation, Labor, Labor markets, Pension spending, Pensions, Prices

Keywords: CR, Europe, Expenditure measure, Global, Health care spending, Inflation, ISCR, Labor market, Labor market rigidity, Labor markets, Pension spending, Pensions, Severance pay, Unemployment compensation, Wage

Publication Details

Pages:

119
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 1995/039
Stock No:

1ESPEA0011995
ISBN:

9781451811988
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

This report on selected background issues in Spain was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.

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