This paper analyses the e¤ects of reducing unfunded social security and population ageing on economic growth and welfare, both for a small open economy and for a closed economy. The economy consists of a service sector and a commodity sector. Productivity growth only occurs in the latter sector and is assumed to depend positively on its size. It is shown that if old agents mainly demand labour ...

Despite her small size and late industrialization, Singapore has managed to capture a significant share of the global information economy over the last three decades. This paper analyzed the structure and growth dynamics of Singapore’s information industries using an analytical framework that integrates the four key components of an information economy: IT goods industry, content industry, netw...