Tag Archives: ageing

Older people living alone: trends, profiles and challenges of intergenerational integration

November 21, 2019 · by · in Ageing, Families and relationships, Research spotlight · Leave a comment

This blog post is written by Sarmitė Mikulionienė and Gražina Rapolienė about the outcomes of ageing in Lithuania.

You May Still End Up Alone: Case Study of Older Adults in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia

July 7, 2015 · by · in Ageing, Families and relationships, Health · Leave a comment

Chia Liu explores the living arrangements of the older population of Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia, using the latest Integrated Public Use Microdata Series International (IPUMS-I). Globally, women are more likely to live alone in old age compared to men (United Nations, 2005). This is due to women marrying older men, which is then exacerbated by […]

Adding the Education Dimension: Projecting Europe’s Labour Force up to 2053 by Age, Sex and Educational Attainment

June 22, 2015 · by · in Ageing, Economics and population, Population composition, Research spotlight · Leave a comment

The anticipated impact of population ageing on shrinking the labour force in Europe is a growing matter of concern among policy makers. But might the impact of ageing be alleviated by expanding education?  In this post, Elke Loichinger from the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) addresses the […]