Thursday, December 18, 2008
[IWS] PRB: RETHINKING AGE & AGING [December 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Population Bulletin, Vol. 63, No. 4 December 2008
Rethinking Age and Aging
by Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov
http://www.prb.org/Publications/PopulationBulletins/2008/aging.aspx
or
http://www.prb.org/pdf08/63.4aging.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
[Table] Conventional and Prospective Measures of Population Aging, 1955, 2005, 2025, and 2045
http://www.prb.org/excel08/age-aging_table.xls
[spreadsheet]
- '40 is the new 30' more than just a catchy phrase.
- With increases in life expectancy, public policy must account for the number of years individuals will live after a given age.
- New measures of population aging introduced.
Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 3
The Concept of Age....................................................................................................................................3
Figure 1. Life Expectancies at Birth, Females, 18502005.............................................................4
Life Expectancy Then and Now...................................................................................................................4
Figure 2. Life Expectancies at Age 65, Females, 19502005......................................................... 5
Prospective Age......................................................................................................................................... 5
Figure 3. Remaining Life Expectancy Among French Women, 1952 and 2005............................ 5
Box 1. Adjusting Median Age for Life Expectancy.................................................................... 6
Box 2. Life Expectancy and When To Retire.............................................................................. 6
Table 1. Computation of Prospective Age of a 54-Year-Old Australian Male..............................7
Defining Old Age........................................................................................................................................7
Population Aging Measures....................................................................................................................... 8
Figure 4. Proportion of the World's Population 65+ vs. the Proportion at Ages With Remaining Life Expectancies of 15 Years or Less......... 9
Table 2. Conventional and Prospective Measures of Population Aging for Major World Regions, 2005 and 2045...................10
Figure 5. Conventional and Prospective Old-Age Dependency Ratios by Major Region, 19552045........................... 11
Table 3. Conventional and Prospective Old-Age Dependency Ratios, Selected Countries, 1955, 1980, 2005, 2025, and 2045........... 12
Box 3. The 10 Oldest Countries in the World, 2005 and 2045...................................... 13
Figure 6. Conventional and Prospective Median Ages, North and South Korea, 19552045............................. 14
New Thinking Applied to Policy................................................................................................................ 14
Suggested Resources...............................................................................................................................15
References.................................................................................................................................................16
Glossary....................
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Population Bulletin, Vol. 63, No. 4 December 2008
Rethinking Age and Aging
by Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov
http://www.prb.org/Publications/PopulationBulletins/2008/aging.aspx
or
http://www.prb.org/pdf08/63.4aging.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
[Table] Conventional and Prospective Measures of Population Aging, 1955, 2005, 2025, and 2045
http://www.prb.org/excel08/age-aging_table.xls
[spreadsheet]
- '40 is the new 30' more than just a catchy phrase.
- With increases in life expectancy, public policy must account for the number of years individuals will live after a given age.
- New measures of population aging introduced.
Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 3
The Concept of Age....................................................................................................................................3
Figure 1. Life Expectancies at Birth, Females, 18502005.............................................................4
Life Expectancy Then and Now...................................................................................................................4
Figure 2. Life Expectancies at Age 65, Females, 19502005......................................................... 5
Prospective Age......................................................................................................................................... 5
Figure 3. Remaining Life Expectancy Among French Women, 1952 and 2005............................ 5
Box 1. Adjusting Median Age for Life Expectancy.................................................................... 6
Box 2. Life Expectancy and When To Retire.............................................................................. 6
Table 1. Computation of Prospective Age of a 54-Year-Old Australian Male..............................7
Defining Old Age........................................................................................................................................7
Population Aging Measures....................................................................................................................... 8
Figure 4. Proportion of the World's Population 65+ vs. the Proportion at Ages With Remaining Life Expectancies of 15 Years or Less......... 9
Table 2. Conventional and Prospective Measures of Population Aging for Major World Regions, 2005 and 2045...................10
Figure 5. Conventional and Prospective Old-Age Dependency Ratios by Major Region, 19552045........................... 11
Table 3. Conventional and Prospective Old-Age Dependency Ratios, Selected Countries, 1955, 1980, 2005, 2025, and 2045........... 12
Box 3. The 10 Oldest Countries in the World, 2005 and 2045...................................... 13
Figure 6. Conventional and Prospective Median Ages, North and South Korea, 19552045............................. 14
New Thinking Applied to Policy................................................................................................................ 14
Suggested Resources...............................................................................................................................15
References.................................................................................................................................................16
Glossary....................
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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