By Abhijit V Banerjee, Esther Duflo The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known...
By Barbara Barbosa Neves, Frank Vetere This book brings together Sociologists, Computer Scientists, Applied Scientists and Engineers to explore the design, implementation and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people. It offers an innovative and comprehensive overview, not only of the rapidly developing suite of current digital technologies and platforms, but also of perennial theoretical, methodological and ethical issues. As such, it offers support for researchers and professionals who are seeking to understand and/or promote technology use among...
By John A Consiglio The debates around financial services regulation are fierce and unending, and with every new development or law, rigid positions seem to grow. In this insightful new book, expert author John A. Consiglio discusses developments in this vital part of the wide world of finance. Including discussions on the public interest elements of regulation, on informational asymmetry, and on the economist/regulator duopoly, Consiglio analyses various key contentious element of regulatory practices from both the regulators' and...
By Gianluca Cafagna, Natalia Aranco, Pablo Ibarrarán, María Laura Oliveri, Nadin Medellin, Marco Stampini In Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 8 million older people are unable to independently complete at least one basic activity of daily living, such as eating, bathing or showering, or getting in and out of bed. This situation, called care dependence, affects 12% of people over age 60 and nearly 27% of people over age 80 in the region. The demand for long-term...
By OECD The OECD biennial report providing internationally comparable data on demography and family characteristics, employment and wealth, mobility and housing, health status, social expenditure, subjective well-being, social cohesion, and other social measures. Included are such interesting variables as suicides, child care costs, prisoners, gender wage gaps, poverty and mothers in employment. Get the book here
Por ILO La protección social y el derecho a la seguridad social forman parte del mandado de la OIT desde su fundación en 1919. Desde entonces, la OIT ha ayudado a sus Estados Miembros a extender gradualmente la cobertura y establecer sus sistemas de protección social sobre la base de normas acordadas internacionalmente y buenas prácticas en materia de seguridad social. Hace un siglo, pocos países habían establecido un sistema de protección social, pero hoy casi todos lo han hecho,...
Por Jessica Alejandra Patiño Jiménez, Laura García Juan La presente investigación aborda el problema del concepto de familia en la legislación colombiana y su tratamiento en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Constitucional, centrándose en el estudio de los derechos de las personas que entablan relaciones con parejas del mismo sexo. El trabajo se enfoca en la pensión de sobrevivientes y en otras cuestiones relacionadas con la Seguridad Social, y realiza un análisis de los antecedentes normativos y jurisprudenciales comparándolos...
By OECD The 2019 edition of Pension Markets in Focus provides an overview of the funded and private components of pension systems in 88 jurisdictions and outlines latest developments in the markets worldwide. It exhibits an extensive range of indicators relevant to funded and private pension arrangements, harmonised and standardised across jurisdictions. It monitors the key financial aspects of these arrangements, such as the amount of accumulated assets, the way these assets are invested and their investment performance, both...
Por Vargasbravo Arumir, Luis El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo medir el impacto que tienen las transferencias por parte de programas gubernamentales o instituciones privadas sobre las decisiones de consumo de los hogares. En concreto, se busca estimar el impacto que estas transferencias tienen sobre el consumo de bienes y servicios de ocio así como erogaciones financieras como depósito y retiro de dinero en efectivo y pago de deudas. El impacto se evalúa en dos entidades federativas: la Ciudad...
By Nazaré da Costa Cabral, Nuno Cunha Rodrigues This edited volume takes a closer look at various European pension-plan models and the recent challenges, trends and predictions related to the design of such schemes. The contributors analyse new ideas, both from national governments and European institutions, and consider current debates on topics such as the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the so-called ‘European Pillar of Social Rights’ – calling for a new approach to social policy at the...
