This peer review held in Warsaw (Poland) on 29-30 October 2012 discussed how encouraging older people in social activities; developing goods and services tailored to their needs; and supporting their labour market activities contribute to their personal wellbeing (the micro perspective) and to...

This paper reviews the concepts of vulnerability and resilience, and their applications for ageing and older people through literature in this area. Concurrently, it reviews the life course framework and the capability approach, and their relevance to human development. Current literature offers...

This paper reviews changes in pension policies in EU countries between 1995 and2005 and describes how they might affect risk of poverty for future pensionerpopulations. The pension landscape in Europe has changed considerably in the pastdecade and the paper highlights commonalities as well as...

The policy agenda of extending working lives requires a holistic understandingof factors underlying the decision of older workers to withdraw from work andto retire. This brief paper presents employment patterns and trends of olderpeople across EU Member States and identifies policy initiatives...

The increases in human longevity in recent decades and the trends for early retirement have posed new challenges for policy makers, and require a holistic understanding of the processes that influence the economic resources of older people. This paper contributes to this knowledge by examining...

Equivalisation of incomes for household size and composition is acceptedpractice when measuring poverty and inequality; adjustments to take account ofother variations in needs are rarely made. This paper explores the financialimplications of one possible source of additional needs: disability....