Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University
Abstract
Similar to other OECD countries, the Australian population is projected to age significantly to 2050 and beyond. In this context, the role of mature age Australians as producers of goods and services and consumers of public resources in particular, has become a key issue in academic and policy discussions. Indeed, many policy changes have occurred over previous decades on the production and consumption side to offset potential costs of population ageing. For example, policies to encourage or support mature age labour force participation (e.g., through the Experience+ training package) and to reduce public expenditure on this growing demographic (for example, through lifting the eligibility age for the Age Pension).Funding for the development of the Australian NTA has been provided by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council through an Ageing Well Ageing Productively grant (ID 401158) and the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CE0300006)
