After the Dividend:Caring for a Greying India

Barik, Debasis and Agrawal, Tushar and Desai, Sonalde (2014): After the Dividend:Caring for a Greying India. Published in: Economic and Political Weekly , Vol. L, No. 24 (13 June 2015): pp. 108-112.

Abstract

As in any other society, in India too, the economic security of the aged is based on three main sources: their own income and savings, support from the extended family, particularly children, and support from the state. As India moves rapidly towards a demographic future in which the elderly form a large part of the population, this article examines trends in each of the three supports. While doing so it identifies the policy challenges and lists suggestions to deal with them.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Ageing, remittance, Health, Income
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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