1. concept (summary)
The aging society is the phenomenon that
the proportion of the elderly people
65 years old or older among the total
population increases.
Society is divided by the proportion of
elderly people.
An aging society is when the elderly
population is over 7%,
the elderly society is over 14%, and the elderly society
is over 20%.
In 1960, the proportion of elderly people
aged 65 and
over was only 2.9% of the total population in Korea.
If the proportion of the elderly population
continues to rise,
it will become an aging society in 2018 and a super aged
society in 2026.
Aging is a global phenomenon.
The aging of Korea and the decline in
fertility rates are going much faster than in other countries.
2. problem
There are several causes of aging.
The first is the increase in average life
expectancy
due to the development of medicine and economy level,
and the second
is the decline in fertility rate.
Rapid low fertility and aging can affect
various industries
in general and weaken the competitiveness of the nation as a
whole.
In the long run, low fertility causes a
decline in the workforce,
and the consumption population also decreases,
affecting the domestic market economy.
This phenomenon weakens the national
competitiveness
by lowering the potential economic growth rate of the country.
If the birthrate decline continues,
problems such as a decline
in the production population, economic contraction,
and an increase in national fiscal spending may become serious.
Also, the increase in the elderly
population can lead to a decline in social vitality, and social security costs
may increase if the percentage of people receiving pensions increases compared
to the population earning income.
These problems can also lead to social
problems such as intergenerational conflicts.
3. How to Solve the problems
How
do we solve these problems?
I think that an aging society can be solved
naturally if the birth rate is high.
Support
for childcare and education expenses
It supports the cost of raising and
educating children.
Tax
cuts
Reduce taxes to parents who raise children.
Child
care facility support
Increase the number of facilities for
double-income couples to leave their children in peace.
Increase
in parental leave
Expand the system to allow childcare leave
for childcare.
Relieve
pregnancy burden
Support for pregnancy hospital check-ups,
maternity expenses, etc.
Relieve
burden of parenting
Institutionalizing the installation of
daycare facilities for working couples with dual earners (Consignment of
national institutions, public corporations, large corporations, etc. with more
than 1,000 employees)
Can
work with your child during commute / work during feeding / disease treatment
(can be done at any time during work and
feeding problems)
Creating
jobs for the elderly by utilizing the idle labor force
(employing past infant education workers)
Early
childbirth during parenting period
(1 hour early childbirth for parenting
under 5 years old)
Relieve
education burden
Reduce the burden of education expenses by
expanding compulsory education
Improve
Public Education and Reduce Private Education
(Such as after school improvement and
parental leave)
Reduce
the economic burden
Resolving the economic burden of childbirth
and childcare
New
benefit allowance
(New birth allowance (multifarious
allowance) and realization of family allowance)
Rental
housing support and cultural benefits for multi-family members
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