 |
|
27.07.2025 |
|
|
Informe macroeconómico. Implicaciones del envejecimiento en el crecimiento económico de la Unión Eur |
|
|
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ECONÓMICAS, UNAM
| Centro de Documentación e Información | | INTER t i p s ... 2 0 1 3 | Servicio de diseminación selectiva en información económica
© Victor Medina Corona |
Korczyc, Ewa; Laco, Matia; Vincelette, Gallina A.; Cuaresma, Jesus Crespo; Loichinger, Elke
EU11 regular economic report - macroeconomic report : faltering recovery - special topic : the economic growth implications of an aging European Union. Washington D.C., © World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction ,and Economic Management Department, Issue No. 26, January 17, 2013, 80 p.
The Regular Economic Report comprises two parts: a Macroeconomic Report, and a Special Topic on an issue of economic policy interest. According to the first part, in 2012, the EU11 economies have outperformed the rest of the European Union (EU). In the middle of a recession in the Euro area, the EU11 region is set to expand by about 1 percent in 2012, albeit at a significantly slower pace than in 2011. However, the recession in the Euro area continues to dampen the EU11 economic performance. In a volatile external environment, economic growth in the EU11 is expected to increase modestly from below 1 percent in 2012 to 1.3 percent in 2013. With an uncertain economic outlook in the medium term, the EU11 need to pursue decisive economic policies on two fronts to safeguard and accelerate their growth momentum. First, a prudent macro-policy stance should continue to shore up the confidence of financial markets. Second, the medium-term economic growth potential of the EU11 can only be realized if structural barriers to economic activity are removed. The second part concerns the topic of an aging European Union. The current and projected low fertility levels for Europe imply that the region will go through an unprecedented process of population aging, causing dramatic changes in the age structure of European societies. These changes in the age structure can have significant effects on economic growth and deeply affect the prospects of income convergence across the EU economies. This paper analyzes the quantitative impact of the projected demographic changes on economic growth through their effect on the factors of production, as well as the role that these will play in shaping income convergence in the region in the decades to come. The empirical results indicate that EU11 is likely to experience a sizable reduction in income per capita growth and thus in the speed of income convergence to the rest of the EU due to the expected demographic developments in the region. However, increasing labor force participation as well as improving the skill level of the labor force in the EU11 appears to be a powerful instrument for fostering economic growth and further convergence in the EU in the context of aging societies.
Palabras Clave: Europa, Unión Europea, Bulgaria, República Checa, Estonia, Hungría, Letonia, Lituania, Polonia, Rumania, República Eslovaca, Eslovenia, Croacia, crecimiento económico, cambio demográfico, productividad, población adulta, perspectivas económicas
Clasificación JEL: J11, J14, Q56, Y10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hecho en México, 2005-2025 © D.R. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Centro de Documentación e Información "Mtro. Jesús Silva Herzog" del Instituto
de Investigaciones Económicas.
Circuito Mtro. Mario de la Cueva s/n, Ciudad de la Investigación en Humanidades,
Ciudad Universitaria, Alcaldía Coyoacán, C.P.04510,
Ciudad de México, México
Tel. +52 55 5623 0096 | Correo
Electrónico
|
|
