There was an interesting article on the Asia-Pacific page of the BBC News website yesterday It seems that over a quarter of Japanese women are now over the age of 65. This, and the fact that almost 20% of men are also over 65, adds up to a looming demographic crisis for the country. Link to the article and try to list what the socio-economic implications of this might be? What options do the Japanese government have for reversing this trend. They can hardly adopt policies to increase the death rate so how can they reduce the percentage of elderly people in the total population?
Showing posts with label Demographic structure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Demographic structure. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Grey pride!
There was an interesting article on the Asia-Pacific page of the BBC News website yesterday It seems that over a quarter of Japanese women are now over the age of 65. This, and the fact that almost 20% of men are also over 65, adds up to a looming demographic crisis for the country. Link to the article and try to list what the socio-economic implications of this might be? What options do the Japanese government have for reversing this trend. They can hardly adopt policies to increase the death rate so how can they reduce the percentage of elderly people in the total population?
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