International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy

Sarah Harper, Kate Hamblin, Jaco Hoffman, Kenneth Howse and George Leeson

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Abstract: The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe for government, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. It examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people, and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private initiatives. The Handbook is highly relevant for academics interested in this critical issue, and offers important messages for policy makers and practitioners.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9780857933904
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: conceptualizing social policy for the twenty-first-century demography , pp 1-10

Sarah Harper

Ch 2 Introduction to Parts I–IV: perspectives on the challenges of population ageing , pp 13-20

Kenneth Howse

Ch 3 Drivers of demographic change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries , pp 23-35

George W. Leeson

Ch 4 A biodemographic perspective on longevity and ageing , pp 36-45

Bruce A. Carnes

Ch 5 Migration and ageing societies , pp 46-58

Sarah Harper

Ch 6 On the mechanical contributions of ageing to global income inequality , pp 59-73

Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue and Michel Tenikue

Ch 7 Population ageing and the size of the welfare state , pp 74-84

Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta

Ch 8 Global pension systems , pp 87-107

Robert Holzmann

Ch 9 The design and implementation of pension systems in developing countries: issues and options , pp 108-130

David Bloom and Roddy McKinnon

Ch 10 Understanding pension wealth , pp 131-139

Zhenyu Li and Anthony Webb

Ch 11 Rational pension reform , pp 140-152

Axel Börsch-Supan

Ch 12 National Transfer Accounts and intergenerational transfers , pp 153-164

Ronald Lee and Andy Mason

Ch 13 Assessing the cost-effectiveness of therapies for older people , pp 167-177

Richard Edlin

Ch 14 Population ageing and health care expenditure growth , pp 178-190

Ed Westerhout

Ch 15 Developing appropriate and effective care for people with chronic disease , pp 191-202

Bert Vrijhoef and Arianne Elissen

Ch 16 Sustainability and intergenerational justice in age-related transfers , pp 205-216

Kenneth Howse

Ch 17 Health and social protection policies for older people in Latin America , pp 217-226

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

Ch 18 Aging electorates and gerontocracy: the politics of aging in a global world , pp 227-241

Fernando M. Torres-Gil and Kimberly Spencer-Suarez

Ch 19 Working beyond retirement age: lessons for policy , pp 242-255

David Lain and Sarah Vickerstaff

Ch 20 Families, older persons and care in contexts of poverty: the case of South Africa , pp 256-270

Jaco Hoffman

Ch 21 Introduction to Parts V and VI: policy and practitioner responses to the challenges of population ageing , pp 273-276

Jaco Hoffman

Ch 22 Sustaining the Nordic welfare model in the face of population ageing , pp 279-290

Virpi Timonen and Mikko Kautto

Ch 23 Kinship solidarity in Southern Europe , pp 291-300

Chiara Saraceno

Ch 24 Ageing and social policy in Australia , pp 301-317

Jeni Warburton

Ch 25 The pension system in China: an overview , pp 318-331

Taichang Chen

Ch 26 How technology is reshaping the processes of providing health care for ageing populations , pp 332-341

Robin Gauld

Ch 27 Ageing and caregiving in America: the immigrant workforce , pp 342-354

B. Lindsay Lowell

Ch 28 Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Program , pp 355-364

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jelena Atanackovic

Ch 29 Intergenerational programs and policies in aging societies , pp 367-383

Matthew Kaplan and Mariano Sánchez

Ch 30 Population ageing and private sector provision: the case of dependent older women in Latin America , pp 384-397

Nélida Redondo

Ch 31 Demographic change and the role of older people in the voluntary sector , pp 398-409

Karsten Hank and Marcel Erlinghagen

Ch 32 The third sector as a provider of services for older people , pp 410-420

Ewa Leś

Ch 33 State–third sector partnership frameworks: from administration to participation? , pp 421-432

Ingo Bode

Ch 34 Microfinance, cooperatives and time banks: community-provided welfare , pp 433-444

Ed Collom

Ch 35 Faith-based organizations and the provision of care for older people , pp 445-462

Lori Carter-Edwards, James H. Johnson, Allan M. Parnell and Harold G. Koenig

Ch 36 Lifelong learning and employers: reskilling older workers , pp 463-473

John Field and Roy Canning

Ch 37 Retirement planning and financial literacy , pp 474-490

Annamaria Lusardi

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