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    Immigration and the elderly: foreign-born workers in long-term care

    Immigration Policy Center (IPC), American Immigration Law Foundation, 2007
    The growing need to provide long-term care to the elderly is among the leading demographic, political, and social challenges facing industrialised countries like the United States. The ageing of larger numbers of Americans will require significant increases in financial and human resources for healthcare support and other social services.
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    Underweight, undernutrition, and the aging

    Population Reference Bureau, 2007
    This newsletter examines the prevalence of underweight and under nutrition among the elderly. It argues that: 
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    Changes in population structure and household consumption inequality in Jakarta-West Java and Central Java

    The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2006
    This paper discusses income distribution in Java with a particular emphasis on factors that affect consumption inequality in Indonesia. The document reviews existing works on inequality and relates this to income and population structure by analysing official census data.
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    Dreams that do not come true: re-addressing social security to expand old-age social protection: the case of informal workers in El Salvador

    Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2007
    This paper explores obstacles and opportunities to expand social protection for informal workers in El Salvador. It rules out the short-term possibility that old-age social protection in El Salvador will be expanded through social security measures. Workers are entitled to pension only if they fulfil certain minimum requirements that are out of reach for the majority.
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    Human rights in an ageing world: perspectives from around the world

    International Longevity Centre, 2007
    This booklet is a compilation of reports from the United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Dominican Republic, Israel, India, Japan, Netherlands, Argentina and the USA. Each considers the rights and entitlements of the aged in the respective countries.
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    Towards lifetime neighbourhoods: designing sustainable communities for all

    International Longevity Centre, 2007
    The built environment is usually not created with older people in mind. It is not therefore surprising to learn that older people often report feeling trapped in their own homes and in the UK, for example, approximately one third of older people leave their homes on average only twice a week.
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    Pendragon

    Pendragon is a specialist pensions information company, dedicated solely to providing information to the pensions movement and pensions professionals.
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    Health and health care of the older population in urban and rural China: 2000

    International Programs Center, Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2007
    Along with socio-economic transformation and lifestyle changes, China has begun the epidemiological transition from acute infectious and deficiency diseases to a predominance of non-communicable diseases and chronic conditions commonly associated with an older population.
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    Tackling insecurity in old age: the challenge of universal pensions

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007
    In response to arguments that demographic pressure is making existing pension schemes unaffordable, this policy brief suggests that increasing the retirement age or altering fiscal incentives can alleviate the financial pressure on pension systems in the more advanced countries. Robust growth and the provision of good jobs are also fundamental for the sustainability of the pension regime.
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    A theory of retirement

    Harvard School of Public Health, 2007
    In this paper the authors construct a life-cycle model. It shows that at higher levels of lifetime wages, the desire for increased leisure leads to early retirement funded through higher savings rates. Simultaneously, longer life spans and healthier lives lead to higher consumption and lower savings rates due to a less-than-proportional increase in working life.

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