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Gerontonomia: the politics of ageing and stagnation
A research explainer lays out an argument that ageing electorates can shift government priorities away from growth and public investment.
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- Its methods section describes evidence from 21 advanced capitalist democracies, with data spanning the 1960s onward.
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The page distinguishes grey voters by their position outside the labour market and reliance on pensions and asset income, then connects those preferences to public budgets. Its EU snapshot gives country comparisons, including a 2025 share aged 65+ of 24.7% in Italy and 15.7% in Ireland. The methods section says country effects are absorbed in fixed-effects models, so estimates rely on variation within countries over time.
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