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where we have decling populations in some European countries due to a lower birth rate, why then do Governments insist on encouraging people to have more children
Economists often ask for lower barriers for highly qualified immigrants, but at the same time will tell you that low qualified immigrants are a bad for the economy.
Why shouldn't a car last 20 yrs, and you not have to be continually buying one? Why should a factory, like the one I used to work in, that needed 4,000 people and now needs only 1500 to produce the same output, still have 4,000 people working less hours yet receiving good benefits. We shall have less, we had best learn to make better use of what we have-it can easily be sufficient. "I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson
But in a democratic frame work it is unlikely that you get majorities by telling the people you can come along with less even if you could have more.
And if we could have references for the "careful analysis" it'd be helpful.
Not like the traditional pyramid. but more like an obelisk.
Why do qualified immigrants need to stay after they retire? If qualified immigrants go back to their countries of origin they pay taxes into the system when they're working and don't draw benefits when they're old. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
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However, fertility was not always the same. So there are e.g. babyboomers. There outphasing has not yet really started, so at the moment the number of children makes nearly up for the number of dying people (partially less than expected because of longer life spans), but when the baby boomer generation dies, there most likely won't be a baby boom of corresponding magnitude.
In the meantime, the "pensions crisis" might be a political problem, not really an economic impossibility to provide a dignified standard of living for everyone. All economics is political economy. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
More concrete I have from destatis the picture below. It shows in blue the number of people older than 65 years per 100 people between 20 and 65. In green the number of people below 20, as the sum of these people is expected to be those who can't earn their own income. For the modelling it is assumed, that net immigration will be around the value of the last ten years (so slightly higher than currently), constant fertility and some reasonable assumption about life expectancy.
What makes economic stress is not the absolut level, but the change, if one assumes productivity gains. So from the mid 20s to the mid 30s Germany will suffer, but untill about 2020, there it will be less painfull than the last 15 years. (In Germany the baby boomers started later than in the US, only around the mid 50s, so they start to ordinary retire around 2020)
I don't know if you want to strip people from their social security retirement payments, just because they leave the country. But there is certainly a level of qualification and earnings, where you have contributed your share by having paid taxes, yes.
