EUROPEAN PAPERS ON THE NEW WELFARE

Archive for July, 2011

Paper No. 17, 2011: Counter-ageing policies

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The multipillar system for health care financing: Thirteen good reasons for open capitalisation funds covering both pension and health care provisions
Fabio Pammolli e Nicola C. Salerno

Dance For Life
Hwa A. Lim

The Global Aging Preparedness Index: A New Tool for Assessing  How Well Prepared Countries are for Global Aging
Richard Jackson

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The Global Aging Preparedness Index: A New Tool for Assessing How Well Prepared Countries are for Global Aging

The world stands on the threshold of a stunning demographic transformation. For most of history until well into the 19th century, the elderly—defined here as adults aged 60 and over—comprised only a tiny fraction of the population, never more than 4 or 5 per cent in any country. Read More