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Population ageing and its challenges to social policy (Population studies No. 50)
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(2006)Authors: Ronald Schoenmaeckers, Irena Kotowska
Format:16x24cm. Paper.
Pages 174 .
Population ageing is a global phenomenon which affects European countries in particular, putting increased pressure on the financial sustainability of current European social systems. This is a prominent, high-profile aspect of European societies arising from structural changes in fertility and mortality.
Faced with the shrinking working-age population, policy makers are, or soon will be, facing the need to review their policies towards older workers. Policies should be developed to improve the employment prospects of older workers and create a favourable environment and institutional framework for active ageing.
Although increased attention is being given to these issues at the international and national levels, this change is less obvious at the individual and corporate levels. To be effective, the concept of active ageing should be accompanied by a set of comprehensive measures in the areas of ed
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Policy implications of changing family formation (Population studies No. 49) (2006)
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Authors:Linda Hantrais, Dimiter Philipov, Francesco C. Billari
Format:16x24. Pages 187.paper.
Modern European societies are witnessing a number of key changes in family structures, such as postponed parenthood, low fertility, single parenting and increased divorce rates. As a consequence of the radical changes taking place in our societies, family policies often result in a complex set of targeted and sometimes contradictory measures and forms of public intervention. The three authors of this volume review the major demographic challenges posed by changing patterns in family and family formation and strive to identify possible policy responses by governments. They stress the need for all levels of government and the private sector to adopt an integrated and balanced approach to policy in order to create cohesive and family-friendly societies.
This volume is a thematic compilation of the background papers on the policy implications of changing family formations prepared for the European Population
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