Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/48756 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] Contemporary Economics [ISSN:] 1897-9254 [Volume:] 2 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Vizja Press & IT [Place:] Warsaw [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 69-81
Publisher: 
Vizja Press & IT, Warsaw
Abstract: 
In the next decades, developed countries will experience dramatic changes in their demographic trends. The retirement of the wide baby-boom generations, the increase in life expectancy and the decline in fertility ratios are likely to modify the size and the age-structure of their populations. The expected population ageing in European countries will burden the pension systems, especially wherever the pay-as-you-go pillar is predominant. Recently, migration has received a widespread attention as a solution to expected population decline and ageing in these countries. The flow of (young) migrants to developed countries is perceived as a means to alleviate the financial burden of pension systems. The aim of this contribution is to clarify the issue of aging on labour and capital markets in a macroeconomic perspective. A special attention is given to the risk of imbalances in the financing of social protection in the context of demographic ageing.
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Article

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