Preparing for an Aging World - The Case for Cross-National Research

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.

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Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. This work looks at the behavioral and socio-economic aspects of aging; and focuses on work, retirement, and pensions; wealth and savings behavior; health and disability; intergenerational transfers; and concepts of well-being.

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• Authors: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee On National Statistics, Committee on Population, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data, Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data for an Aging World
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2001
• EAN: 9780309074216
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07421-6
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 531 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories