Informelle Arbeit in alternden Gesellschaften - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des „produktiven Alterns“

Marcel Erlinghagen

Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2008, vol. 128, issue 2, pages 237-259

Abstract: Against the background of the ongoing demographic change the negative impacts of population ageing has recently been more and more confronted with the positive con-cept of ‘productive ageing’. This concept stresses that an ageing population does not only result in increasing social costs. In fact even after retirement older people contrib-ute to social wealth by productive activities like volunteering or caring for relatives or grandchildren. The paper describes the opportunities as well as the limitations of ‘pro-ductive ageing’ concepts and stresses the importance of a balance between activity and passivity. Such a balance should not only be preferred for ethical but also for economic reasons.

JEL-codes: J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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