Resumen

ROSERO BIXBY, Luis  y  ROBLES, Arodys. Demographic dividends and vital cycle economics in Costa Rica. Pap. poblac [online]. 2008, vol.14, n.55, pp.9-34. ISSN 2448-7147.

There are two identified dividends or demographic bonuses derived from the Costa Rica's change of population's age structure and vital cycle's profile. The first dividend comes from the saving and actives' accumulation of the adults to support their consumption needs in an old age, now commonly long. Almost all of the country's meager economic growth in the last twenty-five years could be caused by the first dividend. The second dividend can provide Costa Rica with a base of an annual 0.5 percent of economic growth, at least. There are two identified peculiarities in the Costa Rica's vital cycle: high public transfers towards the elderly and an intergenerational transfers' flow inverted as from the 75 years of age.

Palabras llave : elderly people; vital cycle; demographic dividend; demographic aging; Costa Rica.

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