Jackson, William Anthony orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-7307 (1991) On the treatment of population ageing in economic theory. Ageing and Society. pp. 59-68. ISSN 1469-1779
Abstract
Population 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.
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Keywords: | population ageing,economic theory,economic methodology,social gerontology,realism,pluralism |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2018 08:20 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:16 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X00003834 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0144686X00003834 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134273 |
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