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The 2015 ageing report: economic and budgetary projections for the 28 EU Member States (2013-2060)
- Author:
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
- Publisher:
- European Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 397
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report sheds light on the economic, budgetary and societal challenges that policy makers in Europe will have to face in the future as a result of the ageing population. Demographic trends mean that the proportion of workers supporting those in retirement will halve from an average of four today, to just two, by 2060.The report’s long-term projections provide an indication of the timing and scale of challenges that can be expected so as to inform European policy makers about the scale and timing of the challenges they must face. The report is structured in two parts. The first one describes the underlying assumptions: the population projection, the labour force projection and the macroeconomic assumptions used. The second part presents the long-term budgetary projections on pensions, health care, long-term care, education and unemployment benefits. Statistical annexes give an overview of the projection results by area and by country. (Edited publisher abstract)
Don't mention the poor
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.7.00, 2000, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Governments initiatives on older people have avoided the central issue of poverty. The author asks whether the initiatives are mere window dressing or real attempts at delivering better services to older people.
The department for pensioners
- Author:
- GROOCOCK John
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 7(2), June 1997, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Argues for the establishment of a Department for Pensions to act as a body to monitor the provision of services for pensioners with reference to the resources of the nation in general.
Public policy and the old age revolution in Japan
- Editors:
- BASS Scott A., MORRIS Robert, OKA Masato
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 203p.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Looks at the ageing population in Japan and contains sections on: health and social care; work and retirement; and social policy.
Community care for older people: a comparative perspective
- Author:
- TESTER Susan
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 225p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Uses a wide definition of community care to explore the origins of policies on pensions and the financing of care, housing, health and welfare services, education and leisure for older people. Compares the ways in which such services are provided and funded in 6 countries. Identifies the key changes in the patterns of services and finds that outcomes of community care are unevenly distributed, that services are underprovided, that individuals and families are bearing greater responsibilities and costs of care, and that inequalities between social groups in access to care have increased. Concludes that a shift in the balance of political priorities in favour of humanitarianism rather than economic aims of community care is needed if integrated care for older people and carers is to be resourced and implemented effectively.
Can we afford to grow older?: a perspective on the economics of aging
- Author:
- DISNEY Richard
- Publisher:
- MIT Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 354p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Presents an up to date survey of the implications of population ageing in OECD countries relative to a range of specific interrelated issues including: social security schemes; employer pensions; educational attainment; wage growth and distribution; economic productivity; consumption; savings; retirement; and health care. Discusses policy issues around these.