01671cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003491 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451803211 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Belgium : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (38 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper analyzes the challenge of population aging for Belgium. It argues that the aging strategy should be broadened to include more explicitly the objective of raising employment rates to foster potential growth. The paper discusses assumptions underlying the official aging projections, and presents an alternative baseline scenario on the basis of unchanged policies. It discusses the feasibility of strategies that rely exclusively on either fiscal or labor market adjustment, and illustrates the benefits of a two-pronged strategy. The paper also examines employment effects of reductions in labor taxes in a wage-bargaining model. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2005/076 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2005/076/002.2005.issue-076-en.xml IMF e-Library