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Le troisième âge animera la société française

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  • Louis Dirn
  • Henri Mendras
  • Laurence Duboys Fresney

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[fre] Généralement considéré comme un poids pour la nation et un problème social délicat, le troisième âge s'affirme au contraire comme un acteur économique et social important de l'avenir. Détenteurs du patrimoine, assurés de leurs revenus, libres de leur temps et en bonne santé, sexagénaires et septuagénaires constituent 20 % de la population. Ce sont de bons clients, notamment pour l'alimentation, l'immobilier et les services. Clé de voûte de leur parentèle, ils jouent un rôle économique et affectif capital pour leurs descendants. Ils déploient leur activité dans l'économie informelle et au service d'associations, de leur voisinage et de leur localité. C'est la nouvelle « classe de loisirs » qu'il faut reconnaître et respecter comme telle. [eng] Although elderly people are generally considered as being a weight on a nation's shoulders and a delcate social problem as well, they are in fact becoming important social and economic agents of the future. Possessing a patrimony, ensured income, free time and good health, men and women in their sixties and seventies form 20 % of the population. They are good clients too, mainly for foodstuffs, real estate and services. Elderly people have an essential economic and affective part to play, being the key-stone of their kindship. They are very active in the informal economy and in voluntary associations, in their neighborhoods and in their towns. They are the new « leisure class » and must be recognized and respected as such.

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  • Louis Dirn & Henri Mendras & Laurence Duboys Fresney, 1984. "Le troisième âge animera la société française," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 8(1), pages 141-161.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:rvofce:ofce_0751-6614_1984_num_8_1_995
    DOI: 10.3406/ofce.1984.995
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    1. Henri Mendras, 1988. "La société française entraînée par sa constellation centrale," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 23(1), pages 193-206.
    2. Renate H. Draus, 1988. "Le troisième âge en République fédérale allemande," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 22(1), pages 205-225.
    3. Henri Mendras, 1986. "Dorénavant le social entraîne-t-il l'économique ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 17(1), pages 235-250.
    4. Dominique Darmon & Jean-Michel Hourriez & Philippe L'Hardy, 1991. "Consommation : l'effet du vieillissement," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 243(1), pages 89-104.
    5. Louis Dirn & Louis Chauvel & Michel Forse & Henri Mendras & Laurent Mucchielli, 1997. "Chronique des tendances de la société française," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 60(1), pages 79-106.
    6. Louis Dirn & OFCE & Louis Chauvel & Michel Forsé & Jean-Pierre Jaslin & Yannick Lemel & Henri Mendras & Laurence Duboys Fresney & Michel Lallement & Laurent Mucchielli, 1998. "Les tendances de la société française : 1975-1995," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 64(1), pages 203-222.

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