Strategies for coping with an ageing population
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- Created on: 18-03-17 10:59
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- Strategies to cope with an Ageing Population
- Encouraging larger families eg in Italy women are offered cash rewards for having more children
- This increases the number of young people so there will be a larger working population to pay taxes and support the ageing population
- Encouraging the immigration of young people from other countries.
- This increases the number of young people so there will be a larger working population to pay taxes and support the ageing population
- Encouraging the immigration of young people from other countries.
- Raising the retirement age.
- People stay in work longer and contribute to state and private pensions for longer.
- They will claim the state pension for less time.
- Raising taxes for the working population
- This increases the amount of money available to support the ageing population
- Encouraging larger families eg in Italy women are offered cash rewards for having more children
- These strategies help towards sustainable development because they help reduce the impacts of an ageing population without increasing the population size
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