The material well-being of older people in the UK in comparative perspective: a review of the literature
The material well-being of older people in the UK in comparative perspective: a review of the literature
This paper compares the material well-being of older people in the UK and other OECD countries using a range of range of different indicators, including relative incomes, measures of inequality, and poverty rates. This is the first stage of a larger project to investigate the links between the life-course, social policies and income and wealth in later life in the British, German, Swedish, and American welfare states. These countries were selected because they fall at different points on a variety of policy continua and span most of the range on most outcome measures. For this reason, the discussion focuses on these four countries, although data for a larger number of OECD countries is presented in order to set this analysis into a broader international context.
Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton
Sefton, Tom
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Evandrou, Maria
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Falkingham, Jane
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January 2005
Sefton, Tom
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Evandrou, Maria
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Sefton, Tom, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane
(2005)
The material well-being of older people in the UK in comparative perspective: a review of the literature
(Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Paper, 7003)
Southampton, GB.
Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton
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This paper compares the material well-being of older people in the UK and other OECD countries using a range of range of different indicators, including relative incomes, measures of inequality, and poverty rates. This is the first stage of a larger project to investigate the links between the life-course, social policies and income and wealth in later life in the British, German, Swedish, and American welfare states. These countries were selected because they fall at different points on a variety of policy continua and span most of the range on most outcome measures. For this reason, the discussion focuses on these four countries, although data for a larger number of OECD countries is presented in order to set this analysis into a broader international context.
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