caa a22 4500 386395152 CHVBK 20180307112135.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0047279400017426 doi S0047279400017426 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0047279400017426 Falkingham Jane Research Officer, London School of Economics. Dependency and Ageing in Britain: A Re-Examination of the Evidence [Elektronische Daten] [Jane Falkingham] There has been growing concern over the consequences for public expenditure of an increasing number of elderly people dependent on a relatively diminishing working population. This concern stems largely from demographically determined dependency ratios and it is not necessarily the case that a change in the age profile of the population will lead to a greater burden of dependency. The ‘engine of dependency' is shown to have at least two other cylinders—patterns of labour-force participation across age and gender, and levels of unemployment. Policy to date has had a surprisingly narrow focus in view of the dual role of economic and demographic forces in influencing the ratio of dependency. The economic and political feasibility of alternative policy options is discussed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Journal of Social Policy Cambridge University Press 18/2(1989-04), 211-233 0047-2794 18:2<211 1989 18 JSP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279400017426 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279400017426 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Falkingham Jane Research Officer, London School of Economics NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Social Policy Cambridge University Press 18/2(1989-04), 211-233 0047-2794 18:2<211 1989 18 JSP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge