In this important volume, she presents her theory of learned dependency based on twenty years of research, which holds that dependency plays an important role in successful aging and is a resourceful ...

The projected decreases in Estonia, Latvia, and Poland, as well as small projected increases in Lithuania and Slovakia, stem partly from pension reforms enacted during the past 10 years involving a ...

People worldwide are living three years longer than expected on average, pushing up the costs of aging by 50% and governments and pension funds are ill prepared, the International Monetary Fund ...

Soon, one in three will be elderly in Korea. The old-age dependency ratio — or the number of individuals aged 65 and over per 100 people of working age — was 27.4 percent in 2024. It is expected to ...

That is not all. Its old age dependency ratio is zooming faster than the missiles it fires at Taiwan. It is set to be the highest (barring S Korea) as time passes. (see graph below). China will be ...

That will depend on how much, as the population ages, increased productivity offsets the rise in the number of dependents (old and young) per worker. To answer that question, we look more closely at ...