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==Description:== | ==Description:== | ||
According to new research conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) the composition of Europe’s demographic will undergo dramatic changes. By 2025, one in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old, up from 16 percent in 2002. This will result in a big gap between an increasing number of retired citizens and a decreasing number of working citizen. Retired citizen tend to consume their savings as working citizen create most of those savings. Therefore, the absolute level of savings will plunge across most of Europe. That is a threat to Europe’s high living standards and economic well-being. | |||
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==Enablers:== | ==Enablers:== | ||
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==Inhibitors:== | ==Inhibitors:== | ||
* | *Productivity growth in European countries | ||
* | *European Labour Market Reform, more flexible labour policies and increase the incentives to work | ||
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==Paradigms:== | ==Paradigms:== | ||
The aging of European populations will threaten living standards and prosperity | |||
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==Experts:== | ==Experts:== | ||
* | *United Nations | ||
* | *EU | ||
* | *Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | ||
*Centraal burau voor de statistieken (CBS) for Dutch figures and trends | |||
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==Timing:== | ==Timing:== | ||
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==Web Resources:== | ==Web Resources:== | ||
*MGI The Coming Demographic Deficit: How Aging Populations Will Reduce Global Savings http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/demographics/index.asp | |||
* | *OECD http://www.oecd.org/searchResult/0,2665,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html | ||
* | *The economic impact of an aging Europe http://mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1613&L2=7&L3=10 | ||
*The New York Times - An Aging Europe May Find Itself on the Sidelines http://www.forourgrandchildren.org/pressroom/articles/2003-06-29-An_Aging_Europe.pdf http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D15FC3C5E0C7A8EDDAF0894DB404482 | |||
Revision as of 14:07, 18 March 2006
Description:
According to new research conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) the composition of Europe’s demographic will undergo dramatic changes. By 2025, one in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old, up from 16 percent in 2002. This will result in a big gap between an increasing number of retired citizens and a decreasing number of working citizen. Retired citizen tend to consume their savings as working citizen create most of those savings. Therefore, the absolute level of savings will plunge across most of Europe. That is a threat to Europe’s high living standards and economic well-being.
Enablers:
Inhibitors:
- Productivity growth in European countries
- European Labour Market Reform, more flexible labour policies and increase the incentives to work
Paradigms:
The aging of European populations will threaten living standards and prosperity
Experts:
- United Nations
- EU
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Centraal burau voor de statistieken (CBS) for Dutch figures and trends
Timing:
blabla
Web Resources:
- MGI The Coming Demographic Deficit: How Aging Populations Will Reduce Global Savings http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/demographics/index.asp
- OECD http://www.oecd.org/searchResult/0,2665,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
- The economic impact of an aging Europe http://mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1613&L2=7&L3=10
- The New York Times - An Aging Europe May Find Itself on the Sidelines http://www.forourgrandchildren.org/pressroom/articles/2003-06-29-An_Aging_Europe.pdf http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D15FC3C5E0C7A8EDDAF0894DB404482