| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP47
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| DP47 The Economics of Old Age in Britain: A Long-Run View, 1881-1981 |
| Paul A Johnson
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| 发表日期 | 1985-02-01
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| 出版年 | 1985
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | The substantial rise in the proportion of elderly (65+) people in the British population over the last hundred years has been matched by a dramatic fall in labour-force participation rates among the elderly. Some commentators see the reduction in work opportunities for the eldery and their increasing reliance on state pensions to avoid poverty as a deliberate construct of successive governments. This paper shows that the economic dependency of the elderly is more clearly a function of long-established employment practices and patterns of asset accumulation. Information drawn from the decennial censuses since 1881 on the occupations of elderly males shows a consistent marginalization of elderly workers in low-wage, low-status occupations. Data on asset-holdings demonstrate that the elderly have a high probability of spending their last years in poverty. This casts doubt on the appropriateness of the life-cycle savings model as a description of the savings behaviour of most workers in 20th century Britain. |
| 关键词 | Old age
Retirement
Saving
Uk economic history
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp47
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/529203
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GB/T 7714 |
Paul A Johnson. DP47 The Economics of Old Age in Britain: A Long-Run View, 1881-1981. 1985.
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