Investigation on social welfare of Danish immigrant elderly

Compared with most countries in the world, social welfare in Denmark is still good. However, in the eyes of many people, the social welfare of the elderly in Denmark has begun to lag behind many countries. Let's talk about the social welfare of Danish immigrants to the elderly.

On the one hand, this backwardness is reflected in the macro level, and the pension provided by the state accounts for the proportion of GDP. Italy is 15%, Germany is 1 1%, France, Belgium is 10%, the United States is 7.6%, and Denmark is only 6.8%, slightly higher than the Netherlands and Britain. On the one hand, it can be seen from the proportion of pension to pre-retirement work income. Italy's pension can reach 78% of the pre-retirement salary, while Denmark only has 40% of the pre-retirement salary, slightly higher than the Netherlands' 32%.

Of course, compared with many countries, the social welfare of the elderly in Denmark is quite good. Generally speaking, ordinary Danes can get more than 8,000 kronor from the government after retirement. But not all Danes can get so much, depending on the income of retirees and the time they live in Denmark. If you earn more than 40 thousand a month after retirement, you can't get a government pension. If you have not lived in Denmark for 40 years before retirement, you will not get the full pension. This is mainly aimed at foreigners. Danes have also been hit hard by high taxes after retirement. It is difficult to live on a pension and pay property tax. Therefore, the owner of the house usually has to sell the house quickly and live in the building before retirement. I wonder if it's Danish.

Denmark has a special nursing home for the elderly. Usually, the rent in nursing homes is much cheaper than that in ordinary houses. About 3000 to 4000 kronor a month. Therefore, if we only live on the pension provided by the government, the economy will be relatively tight. So Danes save some money for their old age. But people with low incomes naturally save less pension. So there is a saying in Denmark: rich people say that everyone in Denmark is equal.

Denmark has gradually entered an aging society, and providing welfare security for the elderly has increasingly become a difficult problem for the government. In order to reduce the pressure of payment, the government raised the legal retirement age from 65 to 67. But whether the labor market will hire people aged 65 or even 67 is another matter.

High prices and high taxes in Denmark also drive some retirees to go abroad for their old age. The main destinations are France and Spain. First of all, the climate in these countries is warm; Second, prices are cheap and taxes are relatively low.