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Prospective Longevity : A New Vision of Population Aging / Warren C. Sanderson, Sergei Scherbov.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674243316
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.6/1 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1061 .S3117 2019eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of Measures of Population Aging -- 2. Prospective Ages -- 3. How Old Do You Need to Be to Be Old? -- 4. How Different Are Measures of Population Aging Based on Chronological and Prospective Age? -- 5. Determining Ages Based on the Characteristics of People -- 6. The Stage of Old Age -- 7. Is the Quality of Life in Old Age Getting Worse? -- 8. Survival Trajectories: Russian Regions and US States -- 9. The α-Gender Gap in Survival -- 10. What Would Happen to Population Aging If Life Expectancy Increase Sped Up? -- 11. If Life Expectancy Continues to Increase, Will Population Aging Ever Stop? -- 12. Intergenerationally Equitable Normal Pension Ages -- 13. Choosing Which Pair of Glasses to Wear -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov argue for a new way to measure individual and population aging. Instead of counting how many years we’ve lived, we should think about our “prospective age”—the number of years we expect to have left. Their pioneering model can generate better demographic estimates, which inform better policy choices.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674243316

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of Measures of Population Aging -- 2. Prospective Ages -- 3. How Old Do You Need to Be to Be Old? -- 4. How Different Are Measures of Population Aging Based on Chronological and Prospective Age? -- 5. Determining Ages Based on the Characteristics of People -- 6. The Stage of Old Age -- 7. Is the Quality of Life in Old Age Getting Worse? -- 8. Survival Trajectories: Russian Regions and US States -- 9. The α-Gender Gap in Survival -- 10. What Would Happen to Population Aging If Life Expectancy Increase Sped Up? -- 11. If Life Expectancy Continues to Increase, Will Population Aging Ever Stop? -- 12. Intergenerationally Equitable Normal Pension Ages -- 13. Choosing Which Pair of Glasses to Wear -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov argue for a new way to measure individual and population aging. Instead of counting how many years we’ve lived, we should think about our “prospective age”—the number of years we expect to have left. Their pioneering model can generate better demographic estimates, which inform better policy choices.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)

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