Ageing populations
Managing ageing populations
- Created by: Jenny Jones
- Created on: 13-04-14 12:26
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- Ageing populations
- Impacts on future development
- Economic
- economy would grow more slowly
- less money spent on things to help economy grow e.g. education
- more money spent on things that don't help economic growth e.g. retirement homes
- taxes to go up bc more pensions to pay for and elderly need more healthcare
- economy would grow more slowly
- Social
- healthcare services stretched more- more elderly need more care
- working population have less leisure time and more stressed and worried
- people may have fewer children, can't afford lots of children- drop in birth rate
- more elderly people, lower the pension provided by governement
- people will have to retire later, can't afford to get by on state pension
- Economic
- Strategies to cope with ageing population
- encouraging immigration of young people from other countries
- increases working population, more people paying taxes to support ageing population
- raising retirement age
- people stay in work longer, contribute to state and personal pensions for longer. also claim state pension for less time
- these strategies help towards sustainable development bc help to reduce impacts of ageing population without increasing population size
- raising taxes for working population
- increase amount of money available to support ageing population
- raising taxes for working population
- raising taxes for working population
- increase amount of money available to support ageing population
- encouraging larger families
- increases number of young people- when they start work there'll be a larger working population to pay taxes and support ageing population
- these strategies don't help sustainable development bc they increase population size
- encouraging immigration of young people from other countries
- increases working population, more people paying taxes to support ageing population
- encouraging immigration of young people from other countries
- encouraging immigration of young people from other countries
- Impacts on future development
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