Threatens vs. challenges - social consequences of the population ageing

• Authors: Szukalski P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Increase in numbers and proportions of the elderly is related to numerous social, political, and economic consequences. As result population ageing could be treated both as a threaten and as a challenge to a society. The attention of the author is focused on arguments used by proponents of the mentioned approaches to the process of population ageing. A crucial argument against the first approach is - according to the author - a hidden and erroneous assumption about invariability when speaking about how age affect the health status and ability and propensity to work.

Keywords

EN

POPULATION AGEING; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 9(390)
• Pages: 6-10
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Szukalski P.

• P. Szukalski, Uniwersytet Lódzki, ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02034325