Dokąd zmierza starzejąca się Europa? : o uwarunkowaniach i konsekwencjach starości demograficznej

Abstract

The article constitutes the analysis of the problem of aging of European societies. The author, being inspired with the theory of the first and second demographic transition, thoroughly explains the chances and dangers deriving from a constant growth of the population of old people. Using demographic data, the researcher additionally outlines social and economic changes taking place in the last decades in the Old Continent and resulting from generation differences and changes in the family model. The text includes interesting predictions concerning the condition and median of the age of societies living in the European Union.