title: Population ageing and intergenerational conflict: a post-Keynesian view.
abstract: The author reexamines the relationships among demographic aging, the dependency burden, and intergenerational conflict from a post-Keynesian perspective, in which unemployment and excess capacity are normal to the functioning of capitalist economies, and resources are not generally fully utilized.  He "argues that the Keynesian process of national income determination precludes any immediate relationship between population ageing and the 'burden' imposed on income recipients. Below full employment, a rising dependency ratio is not guaranteed to reduce the expenditure share of income recipients or raise their tax rates. An exclusive emphasis on intergenerational conflict can give a misleading impression of the consequences of population ageing."  The focus is on developed countries.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005376:Financial Management; D007182:Income; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013660:Taxes; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Dependency Burden; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Financial Activities; Income; Intergenerational Transfers; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Taxation; Unemployment