Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe An Economic and Social Policy Perspective

by Bovenberg, Lans; Van Soest, Arthur H O; Zaidi, Asghar

• ISBN13: 9780230282902
• ISBN10: 0230282903
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Providing an overview of the future research challenges for economists and social scientists concerning population ageing, pensions, health and social care in Europe, this book examines how scientific research can provide cutting-edge evidence on income security and well-being of the elderly, and labour markets and older workers.

Author Biography

LANS BOVENBERG is Professor in Economics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He is founder of the research network Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and has published in the leading international journals on a variety of topics: public economics, tax policy, environmental economics, institutional economics, pensions and aging, international macroeconomics and labor economics.
 
ARTHUR VAN SOEST is Professor of Econometrics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He also has an affiliation with the RAND corporation, and has published on micro-econometrics, labour economics, health economics, development economics and the economics of ageing in numerous journals.
 
ASGHAR ZAIDI is Director Research at the European Centre Vienna and a Research Associate at Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, UK. Previously, he worked as Senior Economist at OECD, Paris; as Economic Advisor at the Department for Work and Pensions, and as a researcher at London School of Economics and University of Oxford. He is the Vice-President of the International Microsimulation Association, and has recently published a book on microsimulation modelling.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe; L.Bovenberg, A.van Soest & A.Zaidi
PART I: Income Security of the Elderly
Adequacy of Saving for Old Age; E.Fornero, A.Lusardi & C.Monticone
Risk and Portfolio Coices for Retirement with Predictable Returns; C.Gollier
Innovative Institutions and Products for Retirement Provision in Europe; L.Bovenberg & T.Nijman
PART II: Well-being of the Elderly
Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Determinants of Well-being in Old Age; J.Siegrist & M.Wahrendorf
Social Networks; M.Kohli & H.Künemund
Regulation of Subjective Well-being in Older Adults; D.Ferring & T.Boll
Old Age, Health, and Long Term Care; A.Holly
PART III: Labour Markets and Older Workers
The Demand for Older Workers; A.Moreira, B.Whelan & A.Zaidi
Human Capital, Retirement and Pension Saving; B.Jacobs
Labour Supply and Employment of Older Workers; A.van Soest