Gender,aging, and the economics of “active aging”: Setting a new research agenda |
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Authors: | Amira Paz Israel Doron Aviad Tur-Sinai |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel;2. Department of Economics and Management, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Yezreel Valley, Israel |
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Abstract: | The world is aging, and the percentages of older people are on a dramatic ascent. This dramatic demographic aging of human society is not gender neutral; it is mostly about older women. One of the key policy approaches to address the aging revolution is known as “active aging,” crystalized by the WHO in 2002 by three pillars: participation, health, and security. The active aging policy has financial and economic aspects and affects both men and women. However, as argued in this article, a gender-based approach has not been adopted within the existing active aging framework. Therefore, a new gender-specific research agenda is needed, one that focuses on an interrelation between gender and different economic aspects of “active aging” from international, comparative, cultural, and longitudinal perspectives. |
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Keywords: | Active aging gender gero-feminism health perception poverty work participation |
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