...-language, peer-reviewed articles. The geographic imbalance of the evidence base and a disproportionate reliance on US-based research with an underrepresentation of the most rapidly ageing countries stems from the availability of data sets. Future research must develop standardised definitions and adopt...

...Gülin Öylü; Chiara Natalie Focacci; Luis Serratos-Sotelo; Andreas Motel-Klingebiel; Susanne Kelfve Purpose In this paper, the authors attempt to understand how labour market attachment during the ages of 30–59 influences individuals' transition out of the labour market. Design/methodology...

...Chiara Natalie Focacci; Gülin Öylü; Andreas Motel-Klingebiel; Susanne Kelfve Purpose Driven by the aim to increase the participation of older people in the labour force and to extend people's working lives, the Swedish Parliament passed a bill in 1998 to increase the pension eligibility age from...

... of the twentieth century. However, more recently in Europe, the endorsement for social investment policies supporting young generations has been noted (Taylor-Gooby and Leruth, 2018). On the other hand, future spending on the elderly may crowd out spending on the young as the old-age dependency ratio will increase...

... discrimination in the labour market because of their age? Design/methodology/approach In order to understand the situation of older people in the labour market, the authors employ welfare state models and the Active Ageing Index. The welfare state models help us to understand the context in which the working...

...Qi Wang; Virpi Timonen The application of qualitative research methods is relatively novel in Chinese social science. As a grounded theory (GT) study, the research reported here deployed semi-structured interviews to investigate middle-aged Chinese women's and men's perceptions...

... it is a static, reductive generalisation. The purpose of this paper is to ask whether this characterisation is relevant to aged care services in Shanghai. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from ageing profile statistics, policy documents and ethnographic fieldwork to examine Shanghai aged care...

... of hypothetical future outcomes and sequences of events leading to those outcomes. While the usefulness of scenarios for preparing for the challenges faced by ageing societies is generally acknowledged, studies that have built scenarios specifically on the future of retirement are unfortunately sparse...

... presentations and often became the subject of subsequent media reporting. Where criticism of the media's representation was found, as in the case of Sweden, this is noted. Ageing Policy Ownership Regulation Mass media Privatisation Long-term care Nursing homes Scandal Quality of care...

... are based on analysis of the 2007 Survey of Older Persons in Thailand. Consideration focuses on persons aged 60 and older. Findings The results document the primary role of the family, especially adult children and spouses, in providing personal care to older members. For those with only one or two...

...Rik Van Berkel; Vando Borghi; Emma Carmel; Kate Hamblin; Theo Papadopoulos Purpose This paper seeks to evaluate the EU's “active ageing” agenda as a governance strategy for the activation of older workers, and its impact on the regulation both of those who make, and those who are the objects...

... as there are circumstances when they form a process of what Powell and Longino (2001) call ‘articulation’: a united or connected analysis of/for theorising and practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Bio‐medical model Ageing Anti‐reductionist model Articulation Volume 25 Number 9 2005 27 The Bio...