China and Japan face unique intergenerational challenges – and represent divergent examples of a binary pattern that the rest of the ageing world might learn from. By Lauren A. Johnston*
Category: Ageing
The smaller generation to come – worldwide
Here’s some good news for the planet: the human population is set to peak and stabilise, not rising much above 9.7 billion, the total that it will reach around the year 2050, according to the latest UN figures. Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at Oxford University, explains how this works, and why it… Read more »
Worldwide Intergenerational Fairness Week: begins here!
The Intergenerational Foundation has gathered voices from around the world, and voices with a global perspective, to report on the state of international intergenerational fairness. The result is a series of articles collected together in a Blog Week, starting today, and introduced here by IF’s editor, Antony Mason
Will the next Prime Minister address the crisis in English social care?
The hustings to be the next leader of the Conservative Party – and Prime Minister – have so far been dominated by the candidates’ differing views on Brexit. But with the funding crisis in English social care showing no signs of abating, the next occupant of Number 10 Downing Street may also have to try… Read more »
New ONS research shows how “milestones” of adulthood are changing for the Millennial generation
Adulthood has traditionally been marked by the achievement of a series of milestones, such as getting a job, owning a home and starting a family. But are Millennials achieving these milestones at later ages than previous generations? David Kingman examines the latest evidence
Is the House of Lords a gerontocracy?
David Kingman asks whether the House of Lords represents the views of young people effectively
The Cridland Review consultations: still work to be done
IF Volunteer Robert Wilson analyses the consultations on the Cridland Review to assess the current state of debate on pensions
Cridland Review: Millennials are likely to be in their 70s before they get a state pension
David Kingman looks at what the recommendations in the final report of the Cridland Review could mean for younger workers
Spring Budget 2017: No long-term solution for problems facing adult social care
David Kingman reports on what the recent Budget did and didn’t contain in relation to adult social care – and why there are few reasons for optimism
New report: State pension “triple lock” discriminates against poorer pensioners
David Kingman looks at some new research which explores the trade-off over the state pension “triple lock”