This chapter introduces the main issues associated with population aging, many of which will be investigated in detail throughout the volume. The next section describes the demographic transformation that Brazil has been experiencing and highlights its specific features, including a very rapid population aging process in the next few decades. Then the main economic framework behind this work, the life cycle theory according to which individuals' economic behavior varies according to their age, is discussed. The section after that introduces the first and second demographic dividends associated with the changing population age structure that accompanies the demographic transition of any country. Next covered is how poverty is linked to the life cycle in Brazil and the role of public transfers in reducing poverty among different age groups, followed by an investigation of how public expenditures vary across age groups and generations and what makes Brazil distinct from comparable OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and Latin American countries. Concluding the chapter are the main findings of the report.

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Information

Publisher

World Bank

Year

2011

ISBN

9780821388020

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Demography

Index

Social Sciences

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Key Findings
Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 Population Dynamics in Brazil
Chapter 3 Old Age Social Protection Programs and the Aging Challenge
Chapter 4 Health Care and Long-Term Care
Chapter 5 Productivity and Education
Chapter 6 Public Finance Implications of Population Aging: 2005–50
Chapter 7 Financing Brazil’s Aging Population: Implications for Saving and Growth
Index
Boxes
Figures
Tables