The book reconstructs Italy's demographic path in relation to cultural, social and economic changes. By adopting a long-term perspective, this book helps understand Italy in the present and grasp the scope of the challenges that demography poses to the country's future.

they analyse the evolution of years lived with and without the most prevalent and disabling health conditions after the age of 50 in 17 Spanish Autonomous Communities in order to understand their association with several macro socioeconomic factors, public provision of health services, public health expenditure, and health-related behaviours.