In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush talks with Andrew J. Scott. Scott is professor of economics at the London Business School; his work focuses on the economics of longevity. He’s co-founder of the Longevity Forum and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on Healthy Aging and Longevity, topics …
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In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush talks with Andrew J. Scott. Scott is professor of economics at the London Business School; his work focuses on the economics of longevity. He’s co-founder of the Longevity Forum and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on Healthy Aging and Longevity, topics …
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Growing life expectancy and a rising proportion of older people make the issue of whether cohorts are ageing better a key individual, social and economic issue. Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing we characterise how frailty develops with age, how this differs across demographic groups, whether more recent cohorts are ageing better …
Healthy Ageing Trends in England Between 2002 to 2018: Improving but Slowing and Unequal Read More »
Longevity Dividend. The economics of longer, healthier and more productive lives THE ECONOMICS OF LONGER, HEALTHIER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE LIVES
Growing life expectancy and a rising proportion of older people make the issue of whether cohorts are ageing better a key individual, social and economic issue. Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing we characterise how frailty develops with age, how this differs across demographic groups, whether more recent cohorts are ageing better …
Global life expectancy now stands at 71 years compared with 30 years in 1870. This fact increases the need to understand how we age and how that impacts our economic decision making. It also raises the issue of how we should change our life cycle behaviours, policies and institutions to adapt to these longer lives. …
Journal of the Economics of Ageing: The economics of longevity – An introduction Read More »
Currently health and social systems are reactionary focusing on “curing” disease rather than prevention, resulting in undue burden on health and social systems. There is a need to re-orient health systems to foster a life-course approach to healthy ageing and shift to a longevity society which harnesses the advantages of longer lives, including economic opportunities …
IFA Podcast: Reframing Healthy Ageing Podcast Series Read More »
Global life expectancy now stands at 71 years compared with 30 years in 1870. This fact increases the need to understand how we age and how that impacts our economic decision making. It also raises the issue of how we should change our life cycle behaviours, policies and institutions to adapt to these longer lives. …
Journal of the Economics of Ageing – The economics of longevity: An introduction Read More »
Global life expectancy now stands at 71 years compared with 30 years in 1870. This fact increases the need to understand how we age and how that impacts our economic decision making. It also raises the issue of how we should change our life cycle behaviours, policies and institutions to adapt to these longer lives. …
Journal of Economics of Ageing: Special Issue of The Economics of Longevity Read More »
