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Athina Vlachantoni
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Professor and Deputy Editor, Ageing & Society
Southampton
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Health , Agriculture , Science
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By Jane Falkingham, Athina Vlachantoni Verified, Yifan Ge| The Conversation Verified Governments around the world have addressed the challenge of increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates by raising the pension age. The UK is no exception. The challenge this creates for governments is the thorny dual issue of rising care costs for the ageing population while fewer taxpayers support the economy. Between the 1940s and 2010, the UK state pension age was 65 for men and 60 for women.
By Athina Vlachantoni Verified, Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou| The Conversation Verified There’s an ethnic pension gap in the UK that leaves people from particular minority ethnic communities worse off in retirement than their white British counterparts. The gap can be measured in several ways – for example, by comparing the pension amount between ethnic communities or measuring the proportion of working-age people from different ethnic groups who are signed up to a workplace pension scheme.
By Jane Falkingham, Athina Vlachantoni Verified, Yifan Ge| The Conversation Verified Governments around the world have addressed the challenge of increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates by raising the pension age. The UK is no exception. The challenge this creates for governments is the thorny dual issue of rising care costs for the ageing population while fewer taxpayers support the economy. Between the 1940s and 2010, the UK state pension age was 65 for men and 60 for women.
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Ageing & Society