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» Special Report: A Graying Planet
images.businessweek.com • 2005
Aging workers will support many more retirees and today's generous pensions in middle age are on the way out.
» International Cover Story: Global Aging
www.businessweek.com • 2005
It's not just Europe -- China and other emerging-market economies are aging fast, too. There are solutions, but it's time to act. (...) The trend has drawn the most attention in Europe and in Japan, where the working-age population will decline by 0.6% this year. By 2025 the number of people aged 15 to 64 is projected to dwindle by 10.4% in Spain, 10.7% in Germany, 14.8% in Italy, and 15.7% in Japan. But aging is just as dramatic in such emerging markets as China -- which is expected to have 265 million 65-year-olds by 2020 -- and Russia and Ukraine. Western European employers won't be able to count on the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland for big pools of low-cost workers forever: They're aging just as quickly.
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