Ongoing Increases to Retirement Age

Ongoing Increases to Retirement Age

The recent experience of OECD countries as a laboratory to understand what causes workers to delay retirement
Boissonneault & colleagues reviewed literature that studied the causes of increases in retirement age over the past 30 years in OECD countries. They found that changes to the social security systems effectively contributed to increases in observed retirement ages.

Boissonneault & colleagues reviewed literature that studied the causes of increases in retirement age over the past 30 years in OECD countries. They found that changes to the social security systems effectively contributed to increases in observed retirement ages.

COVID-19: How can we explain differences in mortality?

COVID-19: How can we explain differences in mortality?

by Alberto Palloni (CSIC) & Stephan Walter (Rey Juan Carlos University)
Palloni & Walter explore possible causes of differences in fatality rates due to COVID-19 by gender, country, and region. These explanations include comparability of statistics and accounting of cases; variance in resources and capacity to cope with the pandemic; population health composition; and most notably, biology and epigenetics.

<p>Palloni & Walter explore possible causes of differences in fatality rates due to COVID-19 by gender, country, and region. These explanations include comparability of statistics and accounting of cases; variance in resources and capacity to cope with the pandemic; population health composition; and most notably, biology and epigenetics.</p>

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New Collaboration Partner: AAL Programme

Population Europe welcomes the AAL Programme as its newest collaboration partner!

Population Europe welcomes the AAL Programme as its newest collaboration partner! They are a funding programme that aims to create better quality of life for older people and to strengthen industrial opportunities in the field of healthy ageing technology and innovation.

News: European Research Council Advanced Grant Goes to James Vaupel for Work on Lifespan Inequalities

European Research Council Advanced Grant Goes to James Vaupel for Work on Lifespan Inequalities

James Vaupel, a top demographer based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), has received a European Research Council grant for the new project ´Inequalities in Lifespans before and after Retirement: Trailblazing Demographic Theory and Analysis´. The major innovation of Vaupel’s project is the inclusion of individual lifespan inequalities into the theory on mortality at older ages.

How unequal are we in our length of life? How will this inequality change in the future? What are the limits to human longevity? And what does all that mean for our pension systems? James Vaupel (University of Southern Denmark, SDU) will tackle these issues and more in a new project ‘Inequalities in Lifespans before and after Retirement: Trailblazing Demographic Theory and Analysis’.

 

Demographic Change: Are Equal Living Conditions Falling to the Wayside?

Demographic Change: Are Equal Living Conditions Falling to the Wayside?

Download Population and Policy Brief 24/2020 (622.01 KB)
How can cities and municipalities respond to these changes and what steps can be taken to maintain the quality of life in regions with a shrinking population? What are the differences in the needs and demands of young generations, young families and older generations? These questions were the subject of a meeting held in Berlin on 20 January 2020 on behalf of a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, in which experts from research, policy, local government and civil society in Germany discussed possible solutions.

How can municipalities respond to population changes and what steps can be taken to maintain the quality of life in regions shrinking in population size? What are the differences in the needs and demands of young generations, young families and older generations? These questions were the subject of a meeting held in Berlin on 20 January 2020 on behalf of a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, in which experts from science, policy, local government and civil society in Germany discussed possible solutions.

Demografischer Wandel: Bleibt die Gleichwertigkeit der Lebensverhältnisse auf der Strecke?

Demografischer Wandel: Bleibt die Gleichwertigkeit der Lebensverhältnisse auf der Strecke?

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Wie können Städte und Gemeinden auf diese Bevölkerungstrends reagieren und wie kann die Lebensqualität auch in schrumpfenden Regionen erhalten werden? Wie unterscheiden sich diesbezüglich die Ansprüche von jüngeren Menschen, jungen Familien und der älteren Generation? Dies war Gegenstand eines vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend geförderten Projekts, bei dem Expert/innen aus Wissenschaft, Politik, Kommunalverwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft in Deutschland bei einer Tagung am 20. Januar 2020 in Berlin diskutierten.
Books and Reports: Gender Equality in Ageing Societies

Gender Equality in Ageing Societies

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This new policy brief from United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) discusses the need for countries in the region to address the potential disadvantages women may face due to population ageing. Gender- and age-responsive reforms must consider the multiple dimensions of gender inequality manifest in ageing societies.

This new policy brief from United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) discusses the need for countries in the region to address the potential disadvantages women may face due to population ageing. Gender- and age-responsive reforms must consider the multiple dimensions of gender inequality manifest in ageing societies.

Improving the Ability to Work Longer Through Flexibility

Improving the Ability to Work Longer Through Flexibility

How can organisations ease work limitations of older workers suffering from chronic health conditions?
Anushiya Vanajan (NIDI and University of Groningen) and colleagues used data from the Netherlands to compare the associations between three flexible work arrangements and severe health-related work limitations among older workers. Working time flexibility was associated with fewer health-related work limitations, while work place flexibility and phased retirement were not.

Anushiya Vanajan (NIDI and University of Groningen) and colleagues used data from the Netherlands to compare the associations between three flexible work arrangements and severe health-related work limitations among older workers. Working time flexibility was associated with fewer health-related work limitations, while work place flexibility and phased retirement were not.

Pathways to Frailty

Pathways to Frailty

The role of childhood socioeconomic conditions in geriatric health
Poor childhood socioeconomic conditions are associated with higher risk of frailty in old age, find Bernadette van der Linden (NCCR LIVES) et al. By using longitudinal and cross-national data, their study is the first longitudinal and cross-national European study to indicate that pathways to (pre-)frailty already begin during childhood and continue over the life course.

Poor childhood socioeconomic conditions are associated with higher risk of frailty in old age, find Bernadette van der Linden (NCCR LIVES) et al. By using longitudinal and cross-national data, their study is the first longitudinal and cross-national European study to indicate that pathways to (pre-)frailty already begin during childhood and continue over the life course.

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