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Argentine Social Protection in a Context of Demographic Transition

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  • Rafael Rofman
  • Ignacio Apella

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Argentina is going through a process of demographic transition that will resultin an older population structure. The demographic transition has direct effectson the quantity and adequacy of social protection transfers, with particularemphasis on those related to pensions. The main objective of this paper is toidentify the potential trends of social protection expenditures in an agingcontext. On the basis of the expenditure profile by age, we apply NationalTransfer Accounts methodology to simulate social protection expenditures until2100. The results suggest that, under various alternative social security coveragescenarios, the demographic transition process would lead to an increase infuture social protection expenditures, reaching 16% of gross domestic product(GDP) by 2050 and exceeding 24% in 2100.

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  • Rafael Rofman & Ignacio Apella, 2016. "Argentine Social Protection in a Context of Demographic Transition," Apuntes. Revista de ciencias sociales, Fondo Editorial, Universidad del Pacífico, vol. 43(78), pages 89-120.
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    1. Carrera, Leandro & Angelaki, Marina, 2021. "Bringing back the state: understanding varieties of pension re-reforms in Latin America," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 112478, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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