Future Solutions
Figure 13: Comparison of Health Care Spending and Life Expectancy
The Italian government could raise the retirement pension
age to ensure people stay employed until a longer age. This would help prevent
the problem of a dwindling labour force and pensions could be given out later. Furthermore, incentives could be given to people who remain in work after the retirement age.
Immigrants could be encouraged to come to Italy to preserve the population number. Projections have Italy's population shrinking to 41 million by 2050, a loss of about 20 million people. Economic growth may still be sustained. Furthermore, immigrants are more likely to have larger families. Currently immigrants only represent 7.5 percent of the total population. To put this on context, Austria is 14.9 percent and Germany is 12.31, (both countries have aging populations as well)
Social benefits could also be put in place to encourage women to have more children. Birth rates would rise and more children will be born who will eventually be in the working class when the bulk of Italy's population ages Italy should also invest more in its health care system to prevent an overload of the system in the future. Funds for this could come from increased taxation.
(BBC News and CIA World Factbook)
Immigrants could be encouraged to come to Italy to preserve the population number. Projections have Italy's population shrinking to 41 million by 2050, a loss of about 20 million people. Economic growth may still be sustained. Furthermore, immigrants are more likely to have larger families. Currently immigrants only represent 7.5 percent of the total population. To put this on context, Austria is 14.9 percent and Germany is 12.31, (both countries have aging populations as well)
Social benefits could also be put in place to encourage women to have more children. Birth rates would rise and more children will be born who will eventually be in the working class when the bulk of Italy's population ages Italy should also invest more in its health care system to prevent an overload of the system in the future. Funds for this could come from increased taxation.
(BBC News and CIA World Factbook)
