International Handbook of Population Aging (International Handbooks of Population)

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
How Populations Age....Pages 7-18
Data Sources for Studying Aging....Pages 19-36
Global Population Aging: History and Prospects....Pages 37-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Population Ageing in Italy and Southern Europe....Pages 69-89
Demography of Aging in the Nordic Countries....Pages 91-111
Rapidly Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe....Pages 113-131
Rapid Population Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers in Japan....Pages 133-156
Population Aging in China....Pages 157-172
Population Aging in the Koreas....Pages 173-190
Population Aging in Canada and the United States....Pages 191-230
Aging in Mexico and Latin America....Pages 231-252
Ageing in West Africa....Pages 253-276
Demography of Aging in Arab Countries....Pages 277-315
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Geographic Mobility and Aging in Place....Pages 319-339
International Retirement Migration....Pages 341-363
Immigrants and Aging....Pages 365-394
Replacement Migration....Pages 395-403
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Public Pension Programs – Social Security....Pages 407-428
Private Pensions in International Perspective....Pages 429-443
Employment at Older Ages....Pages 445-470
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Population Retirement Patterns....Pages 471-491
Income Inequality in Later Life....Pages 493-518
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
Mortality Patterns in Late Life....Pages 521-542
Active Life Expectancy: A Central Measure of Population Health....Pages 543-565
Demography of Disability....Pages 567-582
Social Class, Health and Longevity....Pages 583-604
Front Matter....Pages 605-605
Population Aging and Health Care Policy in Cross-National Perspective....Pages 607-630
Health Care Expenditures....Pages 631-645
Demography of Informal Caregiving....Pages 647-668
Front Matter....Pages 669-669
Childless Old Age....Pages 671-690
Marital History and Well-Being in Later Life....Pages 691-704
Gender, Aging and Widowhood....Pages 705-728
Front Matter....Pages 729-729
The Future of Human Longevity....Pages 731-745
Experience, Social Structure and Later Life: Meaning and Old Age in an Aging Society....Pages 747-755
Back Matter....Pages 757-769