Tag: Demographics
Up to 40 percent more salary: Japan hopes for a wage turnaround
Tokyo The era of wage stagnation is over in Japan, at least for the employees of Japanese fashion giant Fast Retailing. The third largest fashion group in the world, known…
Every fifth young Chinese is unemployed – concern for social stability
Job fair in Beijing Youth unemployment in China’s cities rose to a record 20.4 percent in April. The problem is likely to worsen as millions of college graduates enter the…
Japan is drastically increasing child support
Tokyo The words of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are drastic: This is “the last chance to reverse the trend of falling birth rates,” he said on Tuesday. In 2022,…
Who works in Germany for how long?
People work in the office late at night Highly skilled workers are more likely to work more than 30 hours a week than those without a degree. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Younger population pays off
Pensioner In Austria, old-age pensions are on average 55 percent higher than in Germany. Berlin In pension debates, Austria is often cited as a shining example for Germany, because pensions…
In which professions Germany is aging particularly quickly
Tram driver in Berlin Tram drivers and bus drivers in local public transport in particular are older. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The state of Hesse wants to know exactly. The Goethe…
Russian men’s fear is growing
Berlin On April 1st, the regular army recruitment cycle for the coming summer begins in Russia. It is already the second that the Ministry of Defense has to organize in…
What are the consequences of the Wirecard scandal for EY?
Good morning, dear readers, collective bargaining for the public sector has failed. Employers and unions did not reach a result in the last of three planned rounds of negotiations. Both…
How Japan is fighting population decline
retirees in Japan The country has a demographic problem – and thus one with the number of employees. (Photo: Getty Images, Lawson [M]) Tokyo Toshiaki Okazaki, 72, could play golf…
How Japan is fighting population decline
retirees in Japan The country has a demographic problem – and thus one with the number of employees. (Photo: Getty Images, Lawson [M]) Tokyo Toshiaki Okazaki, 72, could play golf…
Is Germany threatened with economic decline?
Clemens Fuest The author is President of the Ifo Institute. What is the future of Germany’s economic model? The Russian attack on Ukraine has triggered a debate about the further…
Economic model Germany – Decline or second economic miracle?
Clemens Fuest The author is President of the Ifo Institute. What is the future of Germany’s economic model? The Russian attack on Ukraine has triggered a debate about the further…
Inflation will be around 3.5 to 4 percent
Charles Goodhart “It is unlikely that such revolutions will occur again in such a concentrated manner in the next few centuries.” (Photo: Imago Images) Berlin Oil crises, dot-com bubble, global…
Japan wants to inspire city dwellers for country life
Tokyo More than 30 million people crowd the metropolitan area of the Japanese city of houses – and the number is growing. (Photo: AP) Tokyo If Prime Minister Fumio Kishida…
Attacks on the infrastructure not only affect the energy supply
Cleanup after one of the recent drone attacks in Kyiv The Russian army had launched an airborne attack. (Photo: AP) Vienna For the past two months, Moscow has been systematically…
This is how you can still find workers
Personnel advertising on an ambulance Without immigration and higher employment rates, the labor force potential in Germany will drop by seven million people by 2035. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin…
54 percent of those in employment would like to retire by the age of 62 at the latest
Berlin More than half of Germans would like to retire before the regular retirement age. According to a survey by the market research institute Civey for the Demography Network (DNN),…
54 percent of those in employment would like to retire by the age of 62 at the latest
Berlin More than half of Germans would like to retire before the regular retirement age. According to a survey by the market research institute Civey for the Demography Network (DNN),…
What the lack of men means for the country
Berlin Vladimir Putin chose drastic words to describe the dramatic situation in his country. “The demographic development is an emergency,” summed up Russia’s president in front of the assembled political…
Politics and business should invest in Africa now
African continent equals crisis continent. This equation has stuck in many minds and is unfortunately getting new evidence from the latest headlines. The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has…