Bloomberg (23.01.2019) Without more babies and immigrants, the country won’t be able to support its aging population
Le Temps (10.01.2019) Les secteurs bancaire et pharmaceutique apparaissent en pleine restructuration alors que la pression a diminué sur l’industrie, selon une étude. Les seniors mettent jusqu’à deux fois plus de temps pour retrouver un emploi
Chinadaily.com (08.01.2019) The global population is becoming older due mainly to fewer children being born, reinforced by people living much longer. China is now home to the largest number of elderly people and their size is increasing faster than in most other aging countries, with the fastest increase happening among the oldest old (aged 80 or above).
VOX, CEPR Policy Portal (03.12.2018) Worldwide ageing trends are steering global demographics into uncharted territory, transforming populations and societies around the globe. Japan is leading the way in this growth wave as the world’s oldest population and is now grappling with the substantial socioeconomic burdens an ageing population places on society. This column discusses the coming challenges associated with population ageing alongside plausible solutions.
Reuters (13.12.2018) Is it time to raise the Social Security retirement age? The idea crops up often as a partial fix for the long-term financial challenges facing the program. A higher retirement age would reduce the number of years on average that people receive benefits, as a way to cut program costs. But according to an economist at the Urban Institute who specializes in employment and retirement decisions made by older Americans, raising the retirement age would inflict serious harm on roughly one-quarter of Social Security beneficiaries.
ILO (2018) This policy paper: (i) provides a global overview of the organization of pension systems
and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG); (ii) monitors SDG
indicator 1.3.1 for older persons, analyses trends and recent policies in 192 countries,
including the extension of legal and effective coverage in a large number of low- and middleincome
countries, through a mix of contributory and non-contributory schemes; (iii) looks
at persisting inequalities in access to income security in old-age; (iv) presents lessons from
VnExpress International (04.12.2018) Its rapidly aging population is imposing a big burden on Vietnam’s healthcare system. According to the World Bank’s 2016 report titled "Live Long and Prosper: Aging in East Asia and Pacific" the ratio of the elder people in Vietnam is 11 percent and will account for a fifth of the population in the next 10 years.
Le Temps (29.11.2018) Les problèmes de santé liés à la chaleur augmentent dans le monde à cause des effets du changement climatique sur les personnes âgées, les urbains et les patients déjà affaiblis par une maladie, prévient un rapport publié jeudi. Particulièrement touchée, l'Europe est plus vulnérable que l'Afrique et l'Asie du Sud-Est, car elle compte davantage de personnes âgées vivant dans les villes, où les effets de la chaleur peuvent être particulièrement ravageurs, selon ce rapport paru dans la revue médicale The Lancet et signé par des experts internationaux.
From 1981 to 2014, thirty countries privatized fully or partially their public mandatory pensions; as of 2018, eighteen countries have reversed the privatization.
FOCUS Online (21.10.2018) Die Altersrenten in Deutschland sind in den zehn Jahren zwischen 2007 und 2017 um 22 Prozent gestiegen. Lagen sie 2007 im Durchschnitt bei 718 Euro im Monat, erhöhte sich die Durchschnittsrente bis 2017 auf 875,68 Euro, wie aus aktuellen Daten der Deutsche Rentenversicherung hervorgeht. Sie liegen der Düsseldorfer „Rheinischen Post“ vor.
