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Language | English |
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Place of Publication | Glasgow |
Publisher | University of Strathclyde |
Number of pages | 17 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2015 |
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Keywords
- population health
- ageing populations
- Scotland
- public expenditure
- labour market participation
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Ageing, Health Status, and Economic Activity in Scotland : a Twenty Year View. / Millar, Robyn; Burns, Sir Harry; Morton, Alec.
Glasgow : University of Strathclyde, 2015. 17 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
TY - BOOK
T1 - Ageing, Health Status, and Economic Activity in Scotland
T2 - a Twenty Year View
AU - Millar, Robyn
AU - Burns, Sir Harry
AU - Morton, Alec
PY - 2015/8
Y1 - 2015/8
N2 - Countries worldwide face the economic and public expenditure challenges of an ageing population. However, ageing per se is but one part of the challenge. The forecast for Scotland’s population health and labour market status will further impact on the scale of required public spending – in health and social protection - as well as on the base of those who are economically active and capable of bearing the scale of such expenditure (by way of taxation). This analysis points to the value on the public expenditure side of early health, education and social protection interventions to reduce future forecast expenditure in health and social protection. On the revenue raising side, it points to the need to expand Scotland’s future effective working age population by way of reducing those considered NEET, expanding female and post age 65/67 labour market participation, and of attracting new working age migrants to Scotland.
AB - Countries worldwide face the economic and public expenditure challenges of an ageing population. However, ageing per se is but one part of the challenge. The forecast for Scotland’s population health and labour market status will further impact on the scale of required public spending – in health and social protection - as well as on the base of those who are economically active and capable of bearing the scale of such expenditure (by way of taxation). This analysis points to the value on the public expenditure side of early health, education and social protection interventions to reduce future forecast expenditure in health and social protection. On the revenue raising side, it points to the need to expand Scotland’s future effective working age population by way of reducing those considered NEET, expanding female and post age 65/67 labour market participation, and of attracting new working age migrants to Scotland.
KW - population health
KW - ageing populations
KW - Scotland
KW - public expenditure
KW - labour market participation
M3 - Other report
BT - Ageing, Health Status, and Economic Activity in Scotland
PB - University of Strathclyde
CY - Glasgow
ER -