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On the treatment of population in economic theory
Author(s)William A Jackson
Journal titleAgeing and Society, vol 11, part 1, March 1991
Pagespp 59-68
KeywordsAgeing process ; Demography ; Economics ; Theory.
AnnotationPopulation ageing is often thought to have adverse economic consequences, and economics therefore has a responsibility for contributing to an understanding of ageing. This paper discusses the treatment of population ageing in economic theory and argues that mainstream economics is too narrow and restrictive to provide an adequate representation of ageing. An alternative to mainstream economic theory is a more pluralistic view of ageing, drawing from non-neoclassical economic theory and from the theorising of the other social sciences. (KJ).
Accession NumberCPA-910803004 A
ClassmarkBG: S8: W: 4D

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