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Live long and prosper?
— Demographic trends and their implications for living standards | | Author(s) | David Finch |
| Corporate Author | Resolution Foundation; Intergenerational Commission |
| Publisher | Resolution Foundation, London, 16 January 2017 |
| Pages | 48 pp |
| Source | http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/20... |
| Keywords | Life span ; Longevity ; Cost of living ; Demography ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | 2017 marks the start of an important demographic transition. For decades, the ratio of workers to non-workers ('dependants') was improving due to the relative size of the baby boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1965); and both women and older people have increased their participation in the labour market. However, as the baby boomers enter retirement, this is reversing, and the ratio of workers to dependants has started to fall. This report for the Intergenerational Commission explores how the UK population changed in the 20th century and is set to change in this one. It provides an initial take on the implications of longevity for living standards across the lifetime, for individuals in different generations, and for the state. It discusses how life expectancy has increased by one fifth in just four generations, and that more than a third of the generation born in the next 20 years are expected to reach age 100. As well as getting longer, the shape of our lives is changing: people are remaining in education for longer, having children later, and working to older ages, all of which represent potential strategies to boost income over a longer lifetime. It uses graphs and charts to indicate numbers of years for each life stage across different generations in the UK since 1926. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170117001 B |
| Classmark | BG6: BGA: J3C: S8: 8 |
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