Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Progress and Policies

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXTS AND POLICY CHALLENGES -- Trends and Priorities of Ageing Policies in the UN-European Region -- The Developed World in the 21st Century: A Future of Diversity and Ageing -- PART II: INCOME AND WEALTH -- Internationally Comparative Indicators of Material Well-being in an Age-specific Optique. -- Trends in Income Development, Poverty and Pension Distribution among the Older Population: New Evidence -- Poverty of Older People in EU-25 -- Welfare Indicators of Income Experience during Old Age -- A Pension Is Not a Person: The Portfolio of Resources of Older People -- The Long-term Adequacy of Pensions: EU Measures and First Results -- PART III: QUALITY OF LIFE -- Healthy Life Expectancy in the UN-European Region -- Monitoring the Quality of Life of the Elderly in European Societies - A Social Indicators Approach -- Happiness over the Life-Cycle: Exploring Age-specific Preferences -- PART IV: LABOUR MARKET AND EARLY RETIREMENT -- Transition from Work to Retirement in EU Countries -- Employment and Social Protection Indicators for the UNECE Region -- Extending Working Life: Evidences, Policy Challenges and Successful Responses -- Public Pension Programme Provisions: Induced Retirement and Programme Cost -- PART V: SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL SECURITY -- Sustainable Ageing Societies - Indicators for Effective Policy-making: A Framework -- Sustainable Old-Age Security Core Indicators - Possible Use and Interpretations -- "Actuarial Accounting": Calculating Intergenerationally Fair and Sustainable "Life-cycle Contribution Rates"--Sustainability Indicators of Old-Age Security Systems -- An Ageing Burden Indicator -- The Social Protection of the Elderly. Comparison of Two Indicators of Generosity