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Europe's demographic time bomb

On the face of it, the impact of demographic change on the euro-zone economy could be pretty disastrous. But with higher immigration flows, an older retirement age, an increase in the employment rate and re-training of older workers, we think that the effects may turn out to be nowhere near as pronounced as is commonly feared.

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