International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy

Edited by Sarah Harper, CBE, Director and Clore Professor of Gerontology and Kate Hamblin, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, UK with Jaco Hoffman, Kenneth Howse and George Leeson

‘International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy gathers under one cover the collective knowledge of experts in the field who explore challenges arising from ageing populations around the world, and considers national state approaches to welfare for older people and how public and private initiatives work. College-level collections strong in public policies and aging with find this a powerful collection of in-depth articles suitable for framing inquiries and considering social structures.’

• Contents1. Introduction: Conceptualising Social Policy for the Twenty-first-century Demography Sarah Harper2. Introduction to Parts I-IV: Perspectives on the Challenges of Population AgeingPART I: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – CONTEXT3. Drivers of Demographic Change in the Twentieth and Twenty-first CenturiesGeorge W. Leeson4. A Biodemographic Perspective on Longevity and AgeingBruce A. Carnes5. Migration and Ageing SocietiesSarah Harper6. On the Mechanical Contributions of Ageing to Global Income Inequality Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue and Michael Tenikue7. Population Ageing and the Size of the Welfare StateVincenzo Galasso and Paola ProfetaPART II: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – PENSIONS 8. Global Pension SystemsRobert Holzmann9. The Design and Implementation of Pension Systems in Developing Countries: Issues and OptionsDavid E. Bloom and Roddy McKinnon10. Understanding Pension WealthZhenyu Li and Anthony Webb11. Rational Pension ReformAxel Börsch-Supan12. National Transfer Accounts and Intergenerational TransfersRon Lee and Andy MasonPART III: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – HEALTH13. Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Therapies for Older PeopleRichard Edlin14. Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure GrowthEd Westerhout15. Developing Appropriate and Effective Care for People with Chronic DiseaseBert Vrieheof and Arianne ElissenPART IV: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – WELFARE16. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice in Age-related TransfersKenneth Howse17. Health and Social Protection Policies for Older People in Latin AmericaPeter Lloyd-Sherlock18. Ageing Electorates and Gerontocracy: The Politics of Ageing in a Global WorldFernando M. Torres-Gil and Kimberly Spencer-Suarez19. Working Beyond Retirement Age: Lessons for PolicyDavid Lain and Sarah Vickerstaff20. Families, Older Persons and Care in Contexts of Poverty: the Case of South AfricaJaco HoffmanPART V and VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES 21. Policy and Practitioner Responses to the Challenges of Population Ageing: IntroductionJaco Hoffman22. Sustaining the Nordic Welfare Model in the Face of Population AgeingVirpi Timonen and Mikko Kautto23. Kinship Solidarity in Southern EuropeChiara Saraceno24. Ageing and Social Policy in AustraliaJeni Warburton25. The Pension System in China: An OverviewTaichang Chen26. How Technology is Re-shaping the Processes of Providing Health Care for Ageing PopulationsRobin Gauld27. Ageing and Care Giving in America: the Immigrant WorkforceB. Lindsay Lowell28. Canada’s Live-in Caregiver ProgrammeIvy Lynn Bourgeault and Jelena AtanackovicPART VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES – POLICY INNOVATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY29. Intergenerational Programmes and Policies in Aging SocietiesMatthew Kaplan and Mariano Sánchez30. Population Ageing and Private Sector Provision: the Case of Dependent Older Women in Latin AmericaNélida Redondo31. Demographic Change and the Role of Older People in the Voluntary Sector Karsten Hank and Marcel Erlinghagen32. The Third Sector as a Provider of Services for Older PeopleEwa Leś33. State-third Sector Partnership Frameworks: from Administration to Participation?Ingo Bode34. Microfinance, Cooperatives and Timebanks- Community Provided WelfareEd Collom35. Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Care for Older PeopleLori Carter-Edwards, James H. Johnson Jr., Allan M. Parnell and Harold G. Koenig 36. Lifelong Learning and Employers: Re-skilling Older WorkersJohn Field and Roy Canning37. Retirement Planning and Financial LiteracyAnnamaria LusardiIndex