Publications: Financing Longevity


Do Health and Longevity Create Wealth?

Throughout the life course stress plays a major role in health and disease.

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Compression of Morbidity: In Retrospect and in Prospect

By postponing the age at which chronic infirmity begins,disability and morbidity could be compressed.

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Unjust Desserts: Financial realities of older women

A report that discusses the fact that women over 65 are twice as likely to be poor as men over 65.

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A Proactive Approach to Womens Concerns: Womens Longevity Groups and Funds

Women are still underpaid and uncompensated for their caregiving and housekeeping activities.

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The Ageing European Workforce

One may postulate that increased longevity has translated into longer working lives, but that this is not necessarily the case in Europe.

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Palliative Care Academic Career Awards: A Public-Private Partnership to Improve Care for the Most Vulnerable

An increasingly important medical field in danger of not being able to meet the needs of America's aging population.

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Old and Poor in America

Education, ethnicity, gender, living arrangements and age group all contribute to an older individual's risk of being poor or near poor.

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Economic Status of Older Women

Paid jobs for younger women are the best protection against poverty when they become older.

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Preparing for an Aging Nation: The Need for Academic Geriatricians

The U.S. needs to prepare to address the critical shortage of academic geriatricians.

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Social Security: An Investment in Family Protection

Social Security must be preserved as a social investment that protects the entire working population.

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Housing and Living Arrangements of Older Persons in Six U.S. Metropolitan Areas

The dwellings, economic resources, and community environment of older people living in six geographically dispersed U.S. cities.

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The Influence of Family and Community Ties on the Demand for Reverse Mortgages

Evidence is found that family and community ties do influence demand for reverse mortgages.

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Productive Lives: Paid and Unpaid Activities of Older Americans

The magnitude and nature of the productive contribution of society’s older citizens.

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Aging in Japan

Discusses Issues from long term care to Japan’s fertility.

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Making Ends Meet: Getting and Spending in 2001 by Older People in France and the USA

Analyzes budgets of older households based on data from official national surveys.

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Unemployment Insurance and Older Workers in the United States

As the era of longevity progresses, unemployment among older Americans is likely to be a growing problem

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