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Financial gerontology and the middle ageing of the world — the UK in international perspective
Author(s)	Neal E Cutler
Journal title	Generations Review, vol 7, no 2, June 1997
Pages	pp 4-6
Keywords	Middle aged ; Economic status [elderly] ; International.
Annotation	In most developed societies, middle aged people begin to plan for their retirement. From a financial gerontological point of view, attention should be focused not only on today's older people, their incomes and the cost of health policies, but also on today's middle-agers, who will be older people in 20 years time. The author examines the middle-ageing of the UK from an international perspective, comparing trends in percentages for age groups 45-64 and 65+ for Sweden, the US, Japan, and more and less developed countries. Three important sets of research questions are suggested by these trends: the changing human "Wealth Span" and financial literacy; income security and health care as a more "complex" Wealth Span; and intergenerational family responsibilities. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-981119246 A
Classmark	SE: F:W: 72
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