Low rate of natural pop growth/high dependency - Italy

Cards (8)

  • Background: Located in Southern Europe
  • Background: Low birth & death rate, high life expectancy - few babies & great number of old people (aging population)
  • Problem: Old people retire but very few young people replace them
  • Problem: Need more healthcare and wellbeing services for the ageing population = raise in taxes
  • Problem: Schools won't be full and there won't be enough young people to do jobs in the future
  • Solution: Increase retirement age to 77
  • Solution: Encourage migration (pay people below 40 to live there and increase payment if they have children)
  • Solution: Pay residents to have children