Essays about: "Ageing Population"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 108 essays containing the words Ageing Population.

  1. 6. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

  3. 7. Retirement Transitions and Health Outcomes - A Panel Study using SHARE Data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Linnea Möller-Madsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Retirement; Health; Instrumental variable; Fixed effects; SHARE; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : A growing ageing population and pressures on the public pension system have opened up a conversation on how to best care for the elderly, but also the financial realities of supporting them through retirement. With many countries either considering to implement, or having already implemented increases in pension eligibility ages, a relevant question is then how this impacts the health and well-being of those affected, and through which mechanisms these changes occur. READ MORE

  4. 8. Ageing Populations and World Trade: Blight or Blessing?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elise Meijer; [2023]
    Keywords : Population ageing; international trade; gravity model of international trade; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the last half of the twentieth century, population ageing has increasingly become a problem for countries all over the world. The literature on population ageing is very well- established, however, it is lacking in one significant respect. That is, hardly any research has been done on how population ageing may affect international trade. READ MORE

  5. 9. Planning for an inclusive society. : - a qualitative study into elderly urban planning in Sweden.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Karin Schalin; [2022]
    Keywords : ageism; age-friendly; elderly; small municipalities; urban planning;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the relationship between elderly urban planning and the ageing society from an elderly person’s perspective and from the municipality perspective. Two municipalities that is on the top ten list of having an older population have been studied in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 10. Rethinking social care services for elderly persons in Zambia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Annette Hatembo; [2022]
    Keywords : Ageing; elderly people; family; community; caregiving; old people’s home; social care.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Elderly people in Zambia face numerous challenges resulting from high poverty levels, stigma, and social exclusion, poor service provision in old people's homes, and lack of proper care and support from family and the public. In addition, changes in population ageing have also resulted in increased longevity affecting the obligatory responsibilities of the state and the family to meet individual needs in caregiving adequately. READ MORE