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We would like to draw your attention to our latest book publication:
Zaidi, Asghar (2008) Well-being of Older People in Ageing Societies.
Public Policy and Social Welfare Volume 30. Aldershot (UK): Ashgate /
European Centre Vienna
About the book:
Great strides towards rising human longevity in recent times pose new
challenges to policy-makers worldwide, particularly in maintaining the
financial sustainability of old age pension systems. Individuals in
their own financial planning for retirement also face critical
challenges: they need to safeguard against risks of falling into poverty
during an increasing longer duration of retirement. To this end, this
book provides new insights into how with ageing factors such as ill
health and disability become ever more important in determining the
personal well-being of older people, and these factors have financial
implications not captured by an analysis of pension income alone.
Another important policy implication arising from this book is the
extent to which people are exposed to income risks in their retirement.
While individuals and governments already safeguard against such
hazards, this research shows that these measures will need to be
strengthened further in light of the increasingly longer time spent in
the post-retirement phase of life and in view of greater reliance by
retirees on diverse and potentially volatile sources of income.
The empirical work reported also highlights the importance of
cross-national research on income dynamics during retirement: the
results provide important pointers towards how different social security
systems affect the income risks associated with various attributes and
life-course transitions experienced while ageing.
More Details:http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1356, see
downloads at the bottom of the page.
Best regards,
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Berggasse 17
A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-23
Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-19
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