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Economics of ageing
— research area and perspectives | | Author(s) | Norbert Meiners |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol 15 no 2, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 63-75 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/qaoa.htm |
| Keywords | Consumer demand ; Services ; Economics ; Demography ; Literature reviews ; Germany. |
| Annotation | This paper analyses the latest findings on the economic potential of ageing, and compares them primarily from a consumables perspective. The relevant question relating to this research was: What are the economic consequences of the demographic development in relation to consumer demand for products and services in old age? Narrative systematic publications were thoroughly reviewed and collated. A systematic search was carried out in journals, books, databases, and the internet as well as within the scientific community from November 2012 to May 2013. A total of 115 relevant scientific publications were identified in this review (from 1964 to 2013). In order to gain an actual overview of the relevant literature, the results show the most recent publications from 2000 to 2013. There are three limitations within this paper. First, the search process used only four databases. Second, this review only took into account publications in English and German; therefore, the review may fail to encompass all published literature. Finally, this study did not endeavour to evaluate the methodological quality of each scientific publication. Study findings were taken as reported. The focus of this economics of ageing investigation is on the "demography-related" consequences, in terms of older consumers' demand behaviour (as potential buyers). The paper deals with the "silver economy" as a cross-sector campaign and research area for the economics of ageing - a still fairly young discipline, both in science and in practical applications. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170526220 A |
| Classmark | WYD: I: W: S8: 64A: 767 |
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