The demographic crisis can affect quality of life in Italy: a multi-dimensional analysis

Abstract

Official data confirmed the inexorable aging of the Italian population. A process historically attributed to the effect of the demographic transitions. However, in Italy it also may be due to specific social/cultural aspects, considering the different performance respect to the other EU countries. Aim of the work is to analyse the progressive aging in Italy in terms both of the increasing weight of older people on youngers, and of other dimensions related to the aging of the population (as the labour force market, the households’ structures, marriage behaviours, etc.), focusing the Italian demographic dynamics in a multidimensional approach. The hypothesis is that the aging of the population will inevitably affect the future quality of life in Italy. Anticipation practice need robust scenarios based on official data. For this reason, the work uses the Equitable and Sustainable Well-being data jointly with mortality statistics and other demographic indicators, analysed by the Dynamic Factor Analysis method.