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  Financial Planning;Jan2007, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p112
  The article discusses the history and nature of retirement pension plans and its systems. It highlights three historical phases of retirement as a social institution, which involve the agricultural, industrial and knowledge-service economies. The three phases reflect the differences in the relation of age to life expectancy, health and vigor, and how corporate and government pensions respond to it.
  EKONOMICZNE PRZESŁANKI PODNOSZENIA WIEKU EMERYTALNEGO W SPOŁECZEŃSTWACH EUROPEJSKICH. Niewiadomska, Anna // Economics / Ekonomia;2013, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p97
  Population ageing is and is going to be the key demographic challenge for the majority of European countries in the next fifty years. The rising life expectancy and increased share of elderly people in the society lead to particular socio-economic consequences. One of them is the rise in the...
  AGE IS ALL OUR CONCERN. WALES, CHRIS // Accountancy;Apr2011, Vol. 147 Issue 1412, p34
  The author examines the job opportunities for people aged 65 and above following the increase in the state pension age in Great Britain. He describes several incidents that brought into his mind the issue of policies for the ageing and elderly. He cites statistics showing that 2.7 percent of...
  La longevidad irreversible. MANUEL CASADO, JOSÉ // Capital Humano;Oct2009, Vol. 22 Issue 236, p110
  The author calls for the reform of retirement policy in Spain. He states that mandatory retirement at age 65, a response to unemployment during the Great Depression, is an obsolete concept. In fact, he asserts, with a life expectancy of 78 years and growing, a birth rate of 1.2, and an education...
  State pension age? The only way is up. Watt, Gregor // Money Marketing;6/13/2013, p41
  The author offers insights on the plan of the British government to link life expectancy to state pension age. According to the author, this move by the government will have implications for retirement planning. He believes that pension age will become controversial in the next few years as...
  John Lawson: Has the Govt stopped tinkering with pensions? Lawson, John // Money Marketing (Online Edition);12/05/2013, p1
  The article presents the author's views on the changes in pensions policy in Great Britain before the elections. He comments on a finding by Great Britain Office for National Statistics that the life expectancy at age 65 is rising at an average nearer one year in every five. He opines on the...
  Raising pension age to 67 would hit the poor most, says TUC. Conrad, Mark // Public Finance;7/29/2005, p6
  Reports on the warning issued by the Trades Union Congress general secretary Brendan Barber, on the possible impact of raising the retirement age across Great Britain. Effort of the Institute for Public Policy and Research in calling for the government to increase the retirement age; Basis of...