TY - CHAP
T1 - Global Aging
AU - Higo, Masa
AU - Williamson, John B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Springer New York.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In the sociology of aging and life course, global aging is relatively a new issue; but it has become an increasingly important subject since the early 1990s (Estes and Phillipson 2002). Many factors are contributing to population aging. The single most important factor is the decline of fertility that is taking place in many countries around the globe (Lloyd-Sherlock 2010). Another major factor is decline in mortality rates at all age levels, a trend which translates into increases in life expectancy (Uhlenberg 2009). Because people have come to live longer, including more disability-free years, population aging can and should be viewed as a positive achievement associated with improved healthcare, more government spending on social security, and other age-related social welfare programs, as well as changes in life style, such as less smoking and more exercise (National Research Council 2001).
AB - In the sociology of aging and life course, global aging is relatively a new issue; but it has become an increasingly important subject since the early 1990s (Estes and Phillipson 2002). Many factors are contributing to population aging. The single most important factor is the decline of fertility that is taking place in many countries around the globe (Lloyd-Sherlock 2010). Another major factor is decline in mortality rates at all age levels, a trend which translates into increases in life expectancy (Uhlenberg 2009). Because people have come to live longer, including more disability-free years, population aging can and should be viewed as a positive achievement associated with improved healthcare, more government spending on social security, and other age-related social welfare programs, as well as changes in life style, such as less smoking and more exercise (National Research Council 2001).
KW - Economic Globalization
KW - Foreign Direct Investment
KW - Pension Benefit
KW - Pension Reform
KW - Public Pension
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0_8
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0_8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85125904995
T3 - Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
SP - 117
EP - 129
BT - Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -