In 1998, retirement homes and long-term care facilities housed some 480,000 people over 60. We describe the main demographic features of this population: two-thirds are widows over 75, female residents are more likely to be dependent than male. We then survey the health, income,...

The article seeks to analyse economic transfers resulting from the controversial implementation of rising maintenance obligations for retirement institution accommodation. The analysis of a sample of legal decisions concerning 305 people liable to maintenance obligations show that the setting of...

(English) Until these last years, "55 years" marked the retirement age in the majority of the French-speaking African capitals of West Africa. Only people who were employed in the modern private sector or in the administration could profit from a retirement pension. The increasing presence of...

Cette communication propose d'analyser, dans une perspective économique, la mise en œuvre de l'obligation alimentaire dans le cadre du financement de la prise en charge de personnes âgées dépendantes. Il s'agit, à partir d'un échantillon de 305 personnes soumises à cette obligation, de...