The role of demography in macroeconomic development after financial crisis in Finland Risto Vaittinen, ETK and Reijo Vanne, Tela 10 th International Symposium on Demographic Change and Policy Responses, Beijing,

Finnish macroeconomic performance in European perspective GDP per capitaLabor productivityEmployment population ratio (%) 2000= Euro Area ,545,643,5 Finland ,448,647,7 Germany ,849,051,2 Non-Euro EU ,945,544,5 Sweden ,250,550,9 Eläketurvakeskus 2

Employment has improved in time of deteriorating old age dependency Eläketurvakeskus 3

Exports and financial crisis Eläketurvakeskus 4

Productivity slowdown Eläketurvakeskus 5

External Balance Eläketurvakeskus 6

Expot led story ignores changes in population sructure Eläketurvakeskus 7

External Balance and Economic Support Ratio C: Consumption (private and public) I: Investments (private and public) X:Exports M:Imports Y:Income/Production S: Savings (private and public)

Support Ratio and External Balance Eläketurvakeskus 9

Nature of external balance problem It is useful to formulate the balance of trade as an outcome of differences in supply (Y) and demand (D) of tradable goods (T) and non-tradable services (N) Trade balance problems reflects either the imbalance between income and spendig or disequilibrium in home markets Eläketurvakeskus 10

Ageing and economic sructure The young and the retired have a negative effect on the aggregate saving rate. – This implies a higher level of demand for all goods at any given national income. – Deterioration in external balance Compositional effect of ageing – Elderly differ from the working age population in the composition of their consumption. Their consumption is directed towards services which are non-tradable – Raises relative price of nontradables and sifts resources to non-tradable activities Wealth effect – Beyond any transfer of resources from workers elderly has accumulated wealth as a source of income – Growing number of elderly add purchasing power without adding labor supply – Raises the demand for labor relative to its supply and raises non-tradable prices Eläketurvakeskus 11

Structural Change in Finnish Economy Eläketurvakeskus 12

Ageing and Economic Structure Eläketurvakeskus 13

Share of output by sector before and after crisis Eläketurvakeskus 14

Contribution of institutional sectors to the change in employment Eläketurvakeskus 15

Labor productivity before and after the crisis Eläketurvakeskus 16

Conclusions The change in population structure has already had a significant impact on macroeconomic development in Finland Deterioration in external balance has at least partly been a natural response to ageing Net borrowing is not sustainable forever – Increase labor supply = Increased revenue from surplus producing age in life cycle – Diminish consumption – Do combination of both Acceleration in productivity growth helps to make the transition in income consumption profiles less painful Eläketurvakeskus 17