Download or read book Aging and Social Expenditure in the Major Industrial Countries, 1980-2025 written by Ziba Farhadian and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1986-09-15 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the seven major industrial countries are now experiencing significant changes in their demographic structure. A persistent pattern of declining fertility and improving life expectancy has created major segments of the population that are already relatively aged or will become so in the near future. This paper examines the impact of prospective demographic trends on the level and structure of social expenditure by the governments of the seven major industrial countries (the Group of Seven) through the year 2025.