Intergenerational struggle

{{Short description|Sociology}}

The intergenerational struggle{{cite web|url=http://www.bruegel.org/nc/blog/detail/article/1326-addressing-social-problems-should-be-at-the-heart-of-europes-economic-strategy/|title=Addressing social problems should be at the heart of Europe's economic strategy|publisher=Brueghel|accessdate=2014-05-07}} is the economic conflict between successive generations of workers because of the public pension system where the first generation has better pension benefit and the last must pay more taxes, have a greater tax wedge and a lower pension benefit due to the public debt that the states make in order to pay the current public spending.