Professor Sarah Harper on Rethinking Global Ageing
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2012-05-09

About the Speech:

The phenomenon of population ageing is creating a "silver economy" which raises profound issues of intergenerational solidarity and conflict. New demographic challenges, associated with falling fertility rates and increasing longevity, are introducing new dynamics in labour markets, healthcare and individual life courses. In this context, Professor Harper considered innovative ideas for addressing these challenges, including incentivising labour force participation beyond current retirement ages, ensuring a sustainable pension system linked to measures of life expectancy and taking account of indicators of healthy life expectancy.

This event was co-hosted with Age and Opportunity and in association with the Bealtaine Festival -- Ireland's nationwide celebration of creativity and active ageing www.bealtaine.com
About the Speaker:

Professor Sarah Harper is the Director at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. She is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute, Global Advisor on Ageing to HSBC and Chair of the Global Commission on Ageing. She also serves on the Royal Society working group on Population Change and the Council of Advisors of Population Europe. Professor Harper is a member of the Advisory Board of the World Demographic Association, the Advisory Board of English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, and is co-author of the major report "Living Longer and Prospering: Designing an adequate, sustainable and equitable UK State Pension System"