Abstract
Population aging was unknown before the middle of the 20th century. Nowadays developed countries are in unprecedented transition to a new era with aging populations. Aging will result in a smaller proportion of the population being employed in the decades after 2010/2020. Another primary issue which may harm industrialized economies is whether aging and particularly pay-as-you-go based pension systems will depress saving and investment.
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Kuné, J.B. (2003). Abstract. In: On Global Aging. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50170-8_8
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