Tommy Bengtsson, Population Ageing: A Threat to the Swedish Welfare State? - Descripción

Population ageing is a global phenomenon, which will continue far into the future. It is, however, not a new one. In many countries, Sweden included, the share of the elderly doubled during the last century at the same time as living standards improved tremendously. Why is population ageing a problem today when it was not one in the past? There are strong reasons to believe that we have entered a new stage of population ageing, very different from the past. The pension system has already undergone a series of changes to make it more robust, and there are more changes planned. Now the focus includes the costs of elderly support and healthcare, which are steadily increasing. And as the elderly population grows, they will increase even more. Will more immigrants, or more babies, solve the problem? Or do we need reforms similar to those implemented in the pension system?

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