Japan’s birth rate is decreasing. Its population is getting older, and it is shrinking more rapidly than the population of any other country. This affects how much the Japanese Government spends on pensions. Its government is thinking about measures to raise the country’s birth rate and to promote immigration.
(a)[2]
Identify two reasons why a country’s birth rate may fall.
(b)[4]
Explain two reasons why people with more education usually live longer than people with less education.
(c)[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve diagram, the likely effect of net immigration on an economy.
(d)[8]
Discuss whether a government should cut the pensions it pays to retired people.
Worked solution & mark scheme
This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: “Greater levels of education” …