Research Proposal -- 3
Budget: $10 – $12 USD
You will write 5 pages research proposal on theTopic: Inequality of vulnerability among elderly people, analyzed with SHARE
Price is fixed S12.
Only bid if you have ability and agree with the price.
Further project description
The working title for the project is “Inequality of vulnerability among elderly people, analyzed with SHARE”, and it is aimed at analyses of consequences of ageing for the elderly elder. European populations are aging. While in 2010 there were 2 employed per retired, there will in 2060 only be 1 employed per retired. We live longer, we have more healthy living years, and we are expected to stay longer at the labor market. However, there are substantial and increasing inequalities in these patterns: Not everybody lives longer, and the socioeconomic inequality in life expectancy is rising. Likewise, there is a substantial and rising inequality in number of good living years, as function loss (dementia etc) hits earlier for vulnerable elderly people without education and a lack of family and social network. Finally, the inequality in the ability to stay at the labor market will increase with increased retirement age, as those with low education are worn out and lack behind in qualifications earlier than those with high education.
The purpose of the project is to explore social inequalities in vulnerability and risk among the elderly elder using (but not restricted to) Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, see here). The studies involved can be longitudinal across the up to 10 waves as well as cross sectional across the up to 28 countries spanned by SHARE, and should be structured within the triangular frame set by three legs; 1) public health aspects of social inequality among elder, 2) economic aspects in terms of socioeconomic inequality and welfare loss , and 3) social and public policy considerations. The weight put on each leg can naturally vary according to the nature of the project suggested as well as the educational degree of the applicant. Topics to be taken up could be (but need not be restricted to) dementia; labor market exit; loneliness and lack of networks; and intergenerational transfers, equity, social relations and social capital.
Price is fixed S12.
Only bid if you have ability and agree with the price.
Further project description
The working title for the project is “Inequality of vulnerability among elderly people, analyzed with SHARE”, and it is aimed at analyses of consequences of ageing for the elderly elder. European populations are aging. While in 2010 there were 2 employed per retired, there will in 2060 only be 1 employed per retired. We live longer, we have more healthy living years, and we are expected to stay longer at the labor market. However, there are substantial and increasing inequalities in these patterns: Not everybody lives longer, and the socioeconomic inequality in life expectancy is rising. Likewise, there is a substantial and rising inequality in number of good living years, as function loss (dementia etc) hits earlier for vulnerable elderly people without education and a lack of family and social network. Finally, the inequality in the ability to stay at the labor market will increase with increased retirement age, as those with low education are worn out and lack behind in qualifications earlier than those with high education.
The purpose of the project is to explore social inequalities in vulnerability and risk among the elderly elder using (but not restricted to) Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, see here). The studies involved can be longitudinal across the up to 10 waves as well as cross sectional across the up to 28 countries spanned by SHARE, and should be structured within the triangular frame set by three legs; 1) public health aspects of social inequality among elder, 2) economic aspects in terms of socioeconomic inequality and welfare loss , and 3) social and public policy considerations. The weight put on each leg can naturally vary according to the nature of the project suggested as well as the educational degree of the applicant. Topics to be taken up could be (but need not be restricted to) dementia; labor market exit; loneliness and lack of networks; and intergenerational transfers, equity, social relations and social capital.