Demographic changes and longer working lives: implications for lifelong learning
Slowey, Maria and Zubrzycki, TanyaORCID: 0000-0003-0761-020X
(2018)
Demographic changes and longer working lives: implications for lifelong learning.
In: Engaging Ageing 2018: New Frontiers of Ageing: Research, Policy and Practice, 13-15 Mar 2018, Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland.
Unprecedented growth of older population, globally and in
Ireland, particularly population aged 65+ is projected to
increase:
from 637,500 in 2016 to 1.4 million by 2046, driven by higher
life expectancy (CSO, 2013).
One dominant theme: rising ‘Old Age Dependency’ ratios and
resulting pressure for public finances.