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A Near Electoral Majority of Pensioners: Prospects and Policies
Author(s) -
Sanderson Warren C.,
Scherbov Sergei
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
population and development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.836
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1728-4457
pISSN - 0098-7921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00184.x
Subject(s) - voting , government (linguistics) , pension , politics , demographic economics , political science , economic growth , phenomenon , development economics , economics , economic policy , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , law
In the first half of this century in many of today's developed countries, the proportion of voting age populations 65 years old or older will roughly double. As voting age populations age, the proportion of net contributors to national budgets (mainly through taxes) will fall and the proportion of net beneficiaries (mainly through public pension and health care benefits) will rise. By mid‐century in many wealthy countries, a near majority of electorates will become net beneficiaries of government expenditures, producing unprecedented changes in their political landscapes. We analyze three aspects of this phenomenon in Germany, Japan, and the United States.

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