Are Europe's Social Security Finances Compatible with EMU? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 1997/3
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): George Kopits
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451974034.003
ISBN: 9781451974034
Keywords: European Economic and Monetary Union, Europe, Social security, unemployment, unemployment benefits, survivors ? pensions, payroll tax
Pursuant to the Treaty of Maastricht, members of the European Union (EU) intend to participate in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), in part through convergence toward specified limits on the overall deficit an...