More than a third of the Italian
population will be over 65 by the middle of this century, the
head of pensions-and-social-security agency INPS said on
Thursday.
"Citizens over 65 will represent up to 35% of the national
population in 2050,, and this determines a need to rethink the
welfare system," INPS President Gabriele Fava said at the
presentation of the agency's data on domestic workers.
"The silver economy will increasingly be seen as a great
employment opportunity for the country.
"Grandparents are a form of welfare today (via the help they
give to their families) but, at the same time, they are also an
indicator of what will be needed in the future".
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