This study investigates the role of childhood conditions and social inequality in older Europeans' propensity to age successfully, controlling for later life risk factors. Successful aging was assessed following Rowe and Kahn's conceptualization, using baseline interviews from the first two...

Das Engagement von Unternehmen und Menschen wird bedeutsamer, um Daseinsvorsorge in strukturschwachen, demographisch schrumpfenden Regionen zu sichern. Wichtig hierbei ist das regionale Engagement von Unternehmen, das als ein Teil der gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung von Unternehmen (Corporate...

Using pooled cross-sectional data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we address the question of whether and how parenthood and marital status are associated with various dimensions of elders’ well-being, which we define by elements of the...

The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe for government, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. It examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people, and...