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Employment population age-share differences — an international comparison of the economic impact of population aging
Author(s)	Eric Brucker
Journal title	Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 21, no 1, 2009
Pages	pp 17-30
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Employment of older people ; Labour economics ; Age group distribution statistics ; Demography ; Comparison ; International.
Annotation	International comparisons of the economic impact of population ageing across nations can give valuable insights regarding which policies are most effective in addressing ageing-related economic issues. Traditional old-age dependency ratios, by not accounting for differences in labour force participation rates, can be misleading. A new measure, the difference between an age group's share of total employment and its share of the total adult population, is developed and shown to be empirically sensitive to different policy actions. The analysis is built upon readily available and comparable International Labour Organization (ILO) age-group data on population and labour force participation rates. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090625207 A
Classmark	GC: WH: S6: S8: 48: 72
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