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Ageing unequally in Europe
(Oxford University Press, 2020-09-11)
Abstract 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.
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Apoyos y redes sociales de las personas mayores en calle
(Catholic University Luis Amigó, 2024-01-19)
Las redes de apoyo y las transferencias resultan fundamentales para asumir la vejez. Sin embargo, las condiciones de las personas mayores que habitan en calle resultan particulares en todos los aspectos, incluida la forma en que se relacionan con sus redes de apoyo y las que tienen disponibles. El presente trabajo caracteriza las redes formales e informales con que cuentan los adultos mayores que viven en calle, profundizando en la valoración que estos hacen sobre las mismas. Tomando como ejemplo el caso de Bogotá, Colombia, se utiliza un enfoque mixto que integra información cuantitativa procedente del Censo de Habitantes de Calle de 2017 e información cualitativa recogida a través de entrevistas. Como resultado, sobresale el rol de los conflictos familiares como detonante de la vida en calle, que se constituye durante la trayectoria vital y conlleva a privilegiar el uso de redes de apoyo formales con las que, sin embargo, se generan relaciones conflictivas.
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A Distributive Analysis Using Peru's National Transfer Accounts
(Elsevier B.V., 2023-10-01)
National Transfer Accounts (NTAs) provide insights into the effects of ageing on various forms of intergenerational transfers. When these accounts are disaggregated by socioeconomic status (SES) and calculated for at least two different time periods, they offer a powerful tool for understanding changes in economic inequality across age groups and over time. This paper illustrates the application of some standard distributional analysis tools using NTAs, specifically focusing on the case of Peru for 2007 and 2019. The main findings suggest that younger individuals have been the relative “winners” from Peru's sustained economic growth over the past two decades. Additionally, the equalizing power of tertiary education has increased during this period, i.e., a greater prevalence of tertiary education reduces inequality. However, a concerning observation is the deterioration of living conditions among older and less educated individuals.
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Ageing unequally in Latin America
(Springer, 2025)
This paper studies active ageing and its distribution among older adults in a sample of 18 Latin American countries. For this purpose, a multidimensional index of active ageing is estimated for each individual, as well as its distribution in each country. This strategy makes it possible to measure inequalities in the ageing process, and also to consider different value judgements in the overall assessment of well-being during ageing. Thus, the study sheds light on discrepancies in the quality of ageing within and between countries. Furthermore, individual factors associated with the degree of inequality in active ageing are analysed by means of regressions using Gini re-centred influence functions. A higher proportion of people with secondary education and better access to water and sewerage services is found to be associated with reduced inequality in active ageing. Country-level variables — such as health expenditure, pension coverage, access to health care and the poverty rate among older people — are key in explaining between-country differences in active ageing.
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