Population ageing is a significant demographic change. The Italian population is one of the
oldest in the world. Studies have demonstrated that the economic crisis, beginning in 2008 …

There are long‐standing concerns over low fertility levels in Europe and an increasingly
important debate on the extent to which migration can compensate for below‐replacement …

The final steps in the demographic transition entail important reductions in the natural
dynamics of a population and a progressive aging of its structure. A natural change around …

Many developed countries are obliged at present to address problems caused by the aging
of their populations. The deterioration of the ratio between the elderly age class and that …

Italy has long been a multi-ethnic and multicultural country, with over 5 million resident
foreigners displaying a great variety in terms of origins, characteristics and behaviours. After …

Низкий уровень рождаемости в Европе уже на протяжении многих лет вызывает
обеспокоенность и стимулирует важную дискуссию по вопросу, насколько миграция …

This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to
face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the …

The impact of the baby boom generation retiring is being felt far and wide around the world.
The largest generation in most developed countries, the baby boomers have been, and will …

After exploring the rationale of pension systems, I outline the essential characteristics
of'almost ideal pension systems'(AIPSs), an improved version of the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) …

This article considers the role of the Italian state as both a source of inequality and an
institution that mitigates inequality. Fieldwork completed in Genoa in 2010 focused on the …