By Louis Compton, Magdalena Walbaum, David R. Sinclair, Gemma Spiers, Barbara Hanratty, Raphael Wittenberg Background: The UK aimed to prolong the working lives of women by introduced a policy raising women’s state pension age (SPA) from 60 to 66. The impact of involuntary prolonged employment on individual’s health and well-being is debated. We explore how […]

By Brian Peters The Chinese current-account surplus has averaged approximately 2 percent of GDP since 2015, declining from a 2007 peak near 10 percent yet remaining far above what its income level and demographic structure would predict in a global panel. We estimate this gap as the residual against the income-conditional demographic baseline fitted on […]

By Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Julius Odenbreit Nursing home costs in the United States now exceed $100,000 per year, and government assistance programs such as Medicaid help out only when retirees are largely destitute. Moreover, health shocks driving the need for such care can arise suddenly in old age, are frequently permanent […]

The EU’s ageing population is reshaping its labor market and placing greater pressure on healthcare and long-term care systems, the European Commission said Tuesday, warning that demographic change will require targeted policies to sustain economic growth and public finances. In its third Demography Report, the Commission said the EU’s population is expected to decline from […]

Chinese tech firm Tenclass showcased its AI-powered elderly care solution at the 2026 World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, as the world faces a shared challenge of an aging population. “Aging is not a problem confined to any single nation — it is a shared challenge for all of humanity,” Wang Dexiang, vice-president […]

Ms. Scanlon, a contributing Opinion writer, is the author of “In This Economy? How Money & Markets Really Work” and Kyla’s Newsletter. It’s no secret that we don’t have enough housing in the United States. Even Congress agrees: The biggest housing bill in decades recently became law and should help. Supply is outmatched by demand, […]

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is working closely with law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders to ensure employers pay over contributions to pension funds. It is working with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Hawks and the National Treasury, among other organisations, to strengthen enforcement and improve accountability, FSCA divisional executive for retirement funds […]