The Characteristics Approach to the Measurement of Population Aging

被引：80

作者：

Sanderson, Warren C.

Scherbov, Sergei

机构：

[1] Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook

[2] Institute Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

[3] Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Vienna

来源：

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW | 2013年 / 39卷 / 04期

关键词：

LIFE EXPECTANCY; HEALTH; CARE; EXPENDITURE; AGE;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00633.x

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Conventional measures of population aging, such as proportions over age 65, can present a misleading picture of the aging process by not taking account of changes in people's characteristics beyond their chronological agefor example, changes in remaining life expectancy, health and morbidity, disability rates, and cognitive functioning. The characteristics approach set out in this article encompasses multiple features of population aging, yielding new measures that can better inform both demographic analysis and public policy debate. We relate the brief history of this approach, examine its basic mathematical structure, and give empirical examples of the insights it offers, drawing on data from West Germany, Japan, Russia, and the United States.

引用

页码：673 / 685

页数：13

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