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Some Economic Consequences of Global Aging : A Discussion Note for the World Bank

The note describes the importance of population aging world-wide, clarifying its prevalence among middle- and low-income countries, which suggests that many developing countries are getting old before they are growing rich. The note then asks in wh...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Ronald, Mason, Andrew, Cotlear, Daniel
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABORTION ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE SELECTION AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGE POPULATIONS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGING AGING POPULATION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH RATES CAPITAL LABOR RATIO CHANGE IN POPULATION CHILD CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION CRISES DEATH RATES DEBT DECLINE IN BIRTH RATES DECLINES IN FERTILITY DECLINES IN MORTALITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC POLICIES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY BURDEN DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISABILITY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS EARLY RETIREMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMICS EFFECTS OF POPULATION ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FAMILIES FAMILY POLICIES FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY DECLINES FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FERTILITY TRANSITION FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL PLANNING FISCAL POLICY GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POPULATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROWTH RATES OF POPULATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH COST HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH HIGH FERTILITY HOME CARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMANS HUSBANDS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPORTANCE OF POPULATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SECURITY INFANT INTEREST RATES INTERVENTION INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN ISSUES OF POPULATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LIFE CYCLE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LONG-TERM CARE LONGER LIFE LOW FERTILITY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOWER FERTILITY MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MORAL HAZARD MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY DECLINES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WORKERS NURSING NURSING HOME CARE NUTRITION OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER PEOPLE PENSION PLANS PENSIONS PHYSICAL DISABILITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SYSTEMS POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PROJECTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING PUBLIC POLICY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES REMITTANCES REPLACEMENT LEVEL RESPECT RETIREMENT RISING CONSUMPTION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL CONTRACTS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE TOTAL FERTILITY RATE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS WAGES WOMAN WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD POPULATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGES YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13235535/some-economic-consequences-global-aging-discussion-note-world-bank http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13603

Some Economic Consequences of Global Aging : A Discussion Note for the World Bank

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