The Influence of Age on Consumption
The Influence of Age on Consumption
The Influence of Age on Consumption
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
gws Discussi<strong>on</strong> Paper 2012/x ISSN 1867-7290<br />
Figure 2: Impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> changes in the age compositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the populati<strong>on</strong> in<br />
percent<br />
impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age groups in %<br />
−3 −2 −1 0 1 2<br />
impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age groups in %<br />
−1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0<br />
18 to 25 45 to 55 70 to 80<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
Aggregate C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
Food and n<strong>on</strong>−alcoholic beverages<br />
impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age groups in %<br />
−2.0 −1.0 0.0 1.0<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
Health<br />
4 C<strong>on</strong>sequences <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Demographic Change <strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> estimati<strong>on</strong> results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the previous secti<strong>on</strong> are used for a projecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
the c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> purposes and the aggregate. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> outcome is compared to<br />
a baseline that does not explicitely c<strong>on</strong>sider age effects. Thus, the impact<br />
c○GWSmbH 2012 13