would significantly affect the total contributive capacity of future generations and hence their total income growth. In … fertility behavior and productivity growth. They present theoretical arguments to the effect that public pension coverage as … the policies under discussion. Their policy proposals to address declines in fertility and productivity growth include the …

, labour market relations and regional differentials been less problematic, Italy's growth performance might well have been …, during the last 15 years, the three countries held the dubious record of having the lowest output growth rates in the OECD … area. The paper looks primarily at Italy, using the examples of Germany and Japan to search for parallels and contrasts …