Preparing for an aging world : the case for cross-national research
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Preparing for an aging world : the case for cross-national research
National Academy Press, c2001
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  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. Because the speed of population aging is accelerating, and because the data needed to study the aging process are complex and expensive to obtain, it is imperative that countries coordinate their research efforts to reap the most benefits from this important information.
Preparing for an Aging World looks at the behavioral and socioeconomic aspects of aging, and focuses on work, retirement, and pensions; wealth and savings behavior; health and disability; intergenerational transfers; and concepts of well-being. It makes recommendations for a collection of new, cross-national data on aging populations?data that will allow nations to develop policies and programs for addressing the major shifts in population age structure now occurring. These efforts, if made internationally, would advance our understanding of the aging process around the world.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Our Aging World
3. Work, Retirement, and Pensions
4. Private Wealth and Income Security: International Comparisons
5. Intergenerational Transfers
6. The Health of Aging Populations
7. Well-Being: Concepts and Measures
8. Conclusion and Major Recommendations
Appendix A: Learning From Cross-National Research
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Index
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 1. Introduction
- 4 2. Our Aging World
- 5 3. Work, Retirement, and Pensions
- 6 4. Private Wealth and Income Security: International Comparisons
- 7 5. Intergenerational Transfers
- 8 6. The Health of Aging Populations
- 9 7. Well-Being: Concepts and Measures
- 10 8. Conclusion and Major Recommendations
- 11 Appendix A: Learning From Cross-National Research
- 12 Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
- 13 Index
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