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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
This Selected Issues paper examines social spending reform and fiscal savings in Slovenia. Rising expenditure has been at the root of Slovenia’s fiscal deterioration since the onset of the crisis. The paper explores reform options to reduce Slovenia’s social spending over the medium and long term. It discusses key features of the pension system, and analyzes the evolution of pension spending in the absence of reforms. The paper also examines the health and education spending and provides a framework to assess their efficiency relative to other countries.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; insolvency; Slovenia; GDP; business regulation; insolvency proceeding; insolvency legislation; restructuring proceeding; debt ratio; insolvency regime; GDP impact; insolvency restructuring proceeding; Pension spending; Pensions; Aging; Solvency; Retirement; Global; Europe; Eastern Europe
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Tax, Welfare, and Pension Reforms in Slovenia: Implications for Work Incentives and Labor Participation
Mr. Philippe Egoume Bossogo
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Ms. Anita Tuladhar
The labor participation rate in Slovenia has been lower than in the EU-15 (the members states prior to May 2004), particularly for the low-income and older individuals. Using simulations of tax and social benefits and public pensions, the paper shows how the current tax, welfare, and pension systems create disincentives to work among these groups. The paper finds that incentives to retire early are strong for men, especially low-wage earners. The marginal effective tax rates also make it costly for low-income individuals to work and negatively affect the probability of participating. The paper proposes reform measures to enhance work incentives and labor participation, which will be crucial for dealing with population aging and for achieving higher potential growth in Slovenia.
Keywords:
WP; retirement age; flat tax; minimum wage; personal income; wage growth
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Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This paper provides a background on the key policy challenges for Slovenia in the euro zone. Then, it assesses the discretionary scope to adjust spending and proposes initial steps to enhance budget flexibility so that fiscal adjustment can be targeted on relatively inefficient spending. This study also discusses the long-term fiscal sustainability position of Slovenia using a generational accounting framework. A simulation of retirement incentives suggests that the pension system will encourage individuals to retire earlier than the statutory full pensionable age. These incentives are stronger for low-income earners.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; Slovenia; expenditure reform; chapter VI; productivity growth; trade specialization pattern; chapter III; pension base; Pensions; Pension spending; Aging; Health care spending; Retirement; Europe; Western Hemisphere