Open AccessLatvia’s progress towards a retirement society: ageing trends in Latvian municipalities
Author(s) -
Gunta Grube,
Juris Paiders
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
g̦eogrāfiski raksti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1407-5229
DOI - 10.22364/fg.18.5
Subject(s) - latvian , agency (philosophy) , population ageing , inclusion (mineral) , population , work (physics) , european union , ageing society , political science , state (computer science) , ageing , economic growth , geography , demographic economics , economics , economy , sociology , economic policy , demography , social science , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , genetics , biology
This paper analyses the ageing of the population, which may become one of the most important social changes of the 21st century in the European Union. This work uses statistics from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of Latvia, as well as statistics prepared by the State Social Insurance Agency of Latvia (SSIA). The results suggest that t the economic development and the stabilisation of employment in Riga and Riga region in the second decade of the 21st century was ensured not by generational change or migration, but by the inclusion of members of the population who had previously been economically inactive into the labour market. This may lead to the conclusion that around 2030, the ageing of the population will become one of the most serious problems in Pieriga.