An ageing population should have dragged down participation in the labour force sharply over the past decade, but falling economic inactivity, particularly amongst women, has meant that the participation rate has dodged its demographic destiny. Given that these structural trends will continue to support the participation rate, an ageing population is unlikely to stop economic growth in its tracks.
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