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Attitudes towards intergenerational equity
— preliminary Australian evidence |
| Author(s) | Hal Kendig, Kate O'Loughlin, Rafat Hussain, Lisa Cannon |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 36, no 2, June 2017 |
| Publisher | Wiley, June 2017 |
| Pages | pp 107-111 |
| Source | http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Attitudes to the old of general public ; Economic status [elderly] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; Wealthy elderly ; Young people ; Social inclusion ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Australia is facing the distinct possibility that future generations could have worse lifelong economic prospects than their parents' generation now entering later life - i.e. the so-called `baby boomer' generation. The post-World War II baby boom cohort includes many who accumulated substantial wealth during the economic boom of the 1980s. However there is growing evidence that these opportunities have been less available to very old people - i.e. those born before WW2 and during the 1930s Depression - as well as younger generations now entering adulthood. This article reports on national attitudes in Australia towards intergenerational equity and related policy responses drawing on a national survey. Overall findings revealed consistent views across all age groups that the baby boom generation has been advantaged in terms of their lifetime economic opportunities relative to the generation that came before them and also to the younger generation today. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170728215 A |
| Classmark | TOB: F:W: BB: F:W6: F:W7: SB: RNA: 7YA |
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