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Italy, which saw its fertility rate fall to less than 1.5 children per woman at the end of the 1970s, is now suffering the full impact of this long demographic winter on its workforce.
“
As before the 1970s, Italy had very large generations, the fall in the birth rate had for a long time no effect on the labor supply, because the generation at the heart of the active population, that between 30 and 50 years
old , was very numerous and masked the weakness of subsequent generations ,
”
explains demographer Alessandro Rosina, professor at the Catholic University of Milan.
But the veil is lifted.
Over the years, the structure of the Italian working population has been distorted, as shown by the work of Censis, a 60-year-old economic and social research center:
“
Over the last twenty years, the number of workers aged 25 to 34
years old has decreased by 32
%
, explains its general secretary, Giorgio De Rita.
The one between 35 and 49
years old…
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