This handbook draws on research from a range of academic disciplines to reflect on the implications for provisions of pension and retirement income of demographic ageing. it reviews the latest research, policy related tools, analytical methods and techniques and major theoretical frameworks.

This book focuses on public policy issues concerning Social Security, pensions, and older workers that arise because people are living longer. The question it addresses is, ¿What should be the retirement policy responses to increased longevity?¿ Not only has increased longevity occurred for all major demographic groups, but people are healthier at older ages. This book draws on international experience to recommend solutions for U.S. policy.