The recent economic crisis felt throughout the world has placed focus in Europe clearly on a topic that has been looming on the horizon for some time. The European population is ageing at a rapid rate, and within the next few decades in most countries, the changing ratio between workers and the retired will produce serious difficulties in keeping public finances at a level that maintains the standard of living. While some countries have undergone reforms of their welfare state systems (most prominently their pension systems), the need for further reforms is obvious considering the high levels of public debts in many of the European countries.
The guiding principle of our project is the argument that analysts can adequately explain and project public finances and derive evidence-based options for policy reforms only if they consider the whole system of inter-generational transfers, since these transfers reflect how demographic, social and economic change interact with one another.
The AGENTA project aims at explaining the past and forecasting the future of taxes and public transfers and services in the light of demographic change in the European Union.
Conceptually AGENTA puts a special emphasis on
The acronym of the project, AGENTA, has a double reference. We will use the new method of National Transfer Accounts to analyse the increasing average AGE that constitutes the ageing of European societies. In addition, the output of the project will be strongly policy oriented, offering an AGENDA for preparing for old-age societies.
Project Acronym |
AGENTA |
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Full official name |
Ageing Europe: An application of National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for explaining and projecting trends in public finances |
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Grant Agreement |
613247 |
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Funding Scheme |
Collaborative Project (CP) |
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Programme |
7th Framework Programme (FP7) |
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Theme |
Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities |
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Thematic area |
The impact of ageing societies on public finances in Europe |
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Call identifier |
FP7-SSH-2013-2 |
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Duration |
48 months (January 2014 – December 2017) |
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EC Project Officer |
Georgios Papanagnou (DG RESEARCH & Innovation) |
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Coordinator |
Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz (OEAW-VID) |
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Partners |
OEAW-VID (Austria), IFFS (Sweden), LUND (Sweden), HDRI (Hungary), UB (Spain), UL (Slovenia), PSE (France), SGH (Poland), NIESR (United Kingdom) |
Factsheet
Project Acronym |
AGENTA |
Full official name |
Ageing Europe: An application of National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for explaining and projecting trends in public finances |
Grant Agreement |
613247 |
Funding Scheme |
Collaborative Project (CP) |
Programme |
7th Framework Programme (FP7) |
Theme |
Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities |
Thematic area |
The impact of ageing societies on public finances in Europe |
Call identifier |
FP7-SSH-2013-2 |
Duration |
48 months (January 2014 – December 2017) |
EC Project Officer |
Dominik Sobczak (DG RESEARCH) |
Coordinator |
Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz (OEAW-VID) |
Partnership (9 partners) |
OEAW-VID (Austria), IFFS (Sweden), LUND (Sweden), DRI (Hungary), UB (Spain), UL (Slovenia), PSE (France), SGH (Poland), NIESR (United Kingdom) |