With the progress of medicine, life expectancy has greatly increased in recent years, but at the same time, with a hanged view on family formation, the birth rate has fallen sharply. And that’s what they are two main causes that have led to an increasingly elderly society not only in Slovenia but in all countries of the developed world. We have been witnessing this phenomenon for several decades, however, no drastic changes in this area are expected in the future. The main purpose of my thesis was to study how aging affects various public expenditures, which are in most cases increased by it, and what consequences this has for working in companies. Namely, there will be more and more people entitled to receive pensions, while the working population will shrink. The intensity of disease risks and injuries is also increasing, and at the same time, the recovery from them also takes longer. With the help of already done research and analysis on this topic, I showed many results of aging. I presented challenges and possible measures, with which the consequences on the economy could be somewhat mitigated. In the future, the pressure on public healthcare and the pension system will be greater and greater, with big changes coming to the labor market. However, with timely action, people could be assured of successful aging.
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