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Population Forecasts, Fiscal Policy, and Risk

In: Government Spending on the Elderly

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  • Shripad Tuljapurkar
  • Clark Burdick

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This chapter describes stochastic population forecasts as they relate to the development of policies related to government spending on the elderly, mainly in the context of the industrialized nations. I begin by discussing methods for projecting demographic rates, mortality, fertility, and immigration, using probabilistic forecasts. I show how these are combined to make stochastic forecasts of population number and composition, illustrating with forecasts of the US population. Next I discuss how demographic models and economic models can be combined into an integrated projection model of transfer systems such as Social Security. I show how these integrated models describe various dimensions of policy-relevant risk and discuss the nature and implications of risk in evaluating policy alternatives. Finally, I consider briefly the distinct issues in the projection of health care spending.

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  • Shripad Tuljapurkar & Clark Burdick, 2007. "Population Forecasts, Fiscal Policy, and Risk," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou (ed.), Government Spending on the Elderly, chapter 10, pages 249-271, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59144-8_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230591448_10
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