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Tag: ageing

How would a falling global population affect young people?

Posted 4th August 2020 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Intergenerational fairness, Population, Young people.

A new set of global population projections suggest that the world’s population could be on course to age much more rapidly than previously expected. David Kingman explores what this could mean for intergenerational fairness

China: pandemic preparedness for ageing populations

Posted 9th July 2020 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Coronavirus, Government policy, Health, Population.

For pandemic preparedness, every country best adopts an economic demography strategy, writes Lauren A. Johnston, Research Associate, SOAS, University of London. China’s unique long-run approach is very much shaped by its demographic history, and its responsibilities towards its ageing population.

Number of people aged 90 and over reaches a new high

Posted 15th October 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Housing, Intergenerational fairness.

Recent data released by the ONS demonstrate that the population of people aged 90 and over is still growing, although at a slower rate than observed in the previous year. IF Junior Researcher Melissa Bui explores what this means for younger generations

ONS: UK birth rate falls to lowest level ever recorded

Posted 9th September 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Population.

Recently-released data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the birth rate in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded. David Kingman explores what this could mean for the UK’s ageing population

Intergenerational politics in Australia

Posted 10th July 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Elections, Intergenerational equity, Young people.

In the 2019 election in Australia, the welfare of future generations was the focus of a raft of policy proposals – and from an intergenerational point of view the wrong side won. This might mark a regrettable setback for intergenerational politics as a whole. Report by Danielle Wood (Budget Policy Program Director) and Owain Emslie… Read more »

Intergenerational issues in Italy: a family matter?

Posted 9th July 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Population, Young people.

Martin Solly, professor at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, looks at the implications of Italy’s ageing and shrinking population, and the perceptions and prospects of the young.

The rich world’s intergenerational challenge through the looking glass of China and Japan

Posted 9th July 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Generations, Population.

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*

The smaller generation to come – worldwide

Posted 8th July 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Generations, Population, Young people.

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!

Posted 8th July 2019 & filed under Ageing, Blog, Climate change, Generations, Intergenerational fairness.

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

IF’s research features strongly in the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration’s Interim Report

Posted 12th June 2019 & filed under Age segregation, Blog, Population, Research.

The recently-launched interim report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration drew heavily on IF’s analysis of age segregation in England and Wales. David Kingman looks at what conclusions they reached about how to combat the lack of integration between different generations

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