title: [Economic issues related to aging and retirement].
abstract: Prolongation of human life is a universal phenomenon; however, there are parts of the world, such as the developing countries, where problems of survival are difficult to solve. In our part of the world, if pensions are to remain supported by the contributions of those employed, we will have to increase the contributions of the workers in order to avoid deficiencies in public revenue. However, the problem of the elderly population should not be seen as one of costs but rather be solved in terms of resource deployment. The true problem is that of developing a proper model for this.
authors.affiliation: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Piazza Verde 6a, Rome, Italy. piero.barucci@agcm.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barucci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics*