Ageing unequally in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8019563 |
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| Authors | Javier Olivera (0000-0002-8769-7845, Maison des sciences humaines, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 401-422 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mwaa044 |
| OpenAlex | W3109154498 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
To shed light on the quality of the ageing experience in Europe and its heterogeneity, this study adapts and computes the Active Ageing Index—an index constructed at the country level to monitor ageing quality in Europe—at the individual level. This strategy allows the measuring of inequality in the experience of active ageing and is flexible enough to consider different value judgements in the overall assessment of the quality of life while ageing. The study examines the predictors of this inequality by using regressions with a Gini-recentred influence function. It finds that education plays a very significant role in reducing inequality, though its influence varies across countries. Furthermore, the study uncovers large variance in the quality of the ageing experience across Europe. For instance, more than 50% of the populations of Romania, Lithuania and Bulgaria show a level of active ageing quality lower than that of the bottom decile of the distribution in Sweden
Active ageing · Ageing · Decile · Demographic economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Gini coefficient · Index (typography · Inequality · Older people · Quality (philosophy · Quality of life (healthcare · Statistics · Variance (accounting · Computer Science · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Gerontology
The distribution and redistribution of income
A single-parameter generalization of the Gini indices of inequality
Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Wellbeing
Understanding differences in health behaviors by education
Inequality Decomposition by Population Subgroups
On the measurement of inequality
Statistical Inference with Generalized Gini Indices of Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare
Measuring active and healthy ageing in Europe
Inequality in active ageing
The Relativity of Decreasing Inequality Between Countries
Inequality of Wellbeing
The Determinants of Mortality
| Highly cited | No |
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