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Population aging in India : facts, issues, and options

Agarwal, Arunika; Lubet, Alyssa; Mitgang, Elizabeth; … - 2016

presents an overview of India's recent and ongoing initiatives to adapt to population aging and provide support to older adults …

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The global demography of aging : facts, explanations, future

Bloom, David E.; Luca, Dara Lee - 2016

fiscal balance. This chapter provides a broad overview of the global demography of aging. It reviews patterns, trends, and … projections involving various indicators of population aging and their demographic antecedents and sequelae. The chapter also … discusses the changing nature of aging, the future of longevity, and associated policy implications, highlighting some key …

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Demography of global aging

Bloom, David E.; Mitgang, Elizabeth; Osher, Benjamin - 2016

by introducing the facts, figures, and forecasts surrounding the aging of populations across different countries at … might consider to mitigate the strain - and to harness the full potential - of aging populations worldwide. …

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Greying the budget : ageing and preferences over public policies

Mello, Luiz R. de; Schotte, Simone; Tiongson, Erwin R.; … - 2016

This paper looks at how individual preferences for the allocation of government spending change along the life cycle. Using the Life in Transition Survey II for 34 countries of Europe and Central Asia, we find that older individuals are less likely to support a rise in government outlays on...

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Ageing and literacy skills : evidence from IALS, ALL and PIAAC

Barrett, Garry F.; Riddell, William Craig - 2016

We study the relationship between age and literacy skills using data from the IALS, ALL and PIAAC surveys. In cross-sectional data there is a negative partial relationship between literacy skills and age that is statistically significant indicating that literacy declines with age, especially...

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Older mothers' employment and marriage stability when the nest is empty

Albis, Hippolyte d’; Doorley, Karina; Stancanelli, … - 2022

A significant literature in the social sciences addresses the impact of child-bearing and rearing on marital stability and on mothers' labour market outcomes. Much less is known about older mothers' employment and marriage patterns when the adult children leave the parental nest. This study aims...

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Income and wealth in the Irish longitudinal study on ageing

O'Sullivan, Vincent; Nolan, Brian; Barrett, Alan - 2013

Between 2009 and 2011, data were collected under the first wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Over 8,500 people aged 50 and over and living in Ireland were interviewed on a wide range of topics covering socioeconomic and health issues. Our primary goals in this paper are (a)...

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Ageing, health, loneliness and wellbeing

Tani, Massimiliano; Cheng, Zhiming; Piracha, Matloob; … - 2020

Older people experience high rates of depression and suicide, yet they make a positive net contribution to the economy through activities such as employment, volunteering, and looking after grandchildren. The wellbeing of older people is therefore important not only on moral but also economic...

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Couples' retirement under individual pension design : a regression discontinuity study for France

Stancanelli, Elena G. F. - 2016

Retirement policies are individually designed but the majority of people of retirement age live as couples. We estimate the effects of a French pension reform on spouses' employment decisions. We use labor-force survey data, pooled over different years, on fifty thousand French couples and apply...

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Ageing and skills : the case of literacy skills

Barrett, Garry F.; Riddell, William Craig - 2019

The relationship between ageing and skills is of growing policy significance due to population ageing, the changing nature of work and the importance of literacy for social and economic well-being. This article examines the relationship between age and literacy skills in a sample of OECD...

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