Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Population Aging: Is Latin America Ready? -- Introduction -- Support of the Elderly and Poverty in the Life Cycle -- The Impact of Population Aging on Health Status and Health Care Demand -- The Impact of Population Aging on Public Expenditures -- Conclusions and Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 - Demographic Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Introduction -- Trends in Mortality, Fertility, and Migration -- Changes in Population Size and Age Structure -- Demographic Transition, Dependency Ratios, and Demographic Dividend -- Taking Advantage of the Demographic Dividend to Face the Challenges of Population Aging -- Annex 2.1 Population Projection, Dependency Ratio, and Demographic Dividend under Different Demographic Assumptions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 - Poverty, the Aging, and the Life Cycle in Latin America -- Introduction -- Demographic and Residence Indicators in Latin America -- Poverty at Different Ages: Methodological Notes -- Poverty at Different Ages: Empirical Evidence -- Drivers of Old-age Poverty and the Role of Pensions and Other Transfers -- The Labor Market and Old-Age Poverty -- Inequality among the Aging -- Living Arrangements of the Aging and Familial Transfers -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 - How Age Influences the Demand for Health Care in Latin America -- Introduction -- Objectives, Data, and Concepts -- Health Needs in LAC -- Trends in Health Care Utilization by Age in LAC -- Health Expenditures and Health Costs by Age -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 - The Economics of Happiness and Health Policy: How Health Norms Vary across Cohorts in Latin America -- The Economics of Happiness.

Norms of Health: The Example of Obesity -- Health Satisfaction in Latin America -- Valuing Different Health Conditions in Latin America Based on the EQ-5D -- Lessons for Policy -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 - Who Benefits from Public Transfers? Incidence across Income Groups and across Generations in Brazil and Chile -- Introduction -- Methods -- Benefit Incidence by Sector -- The Incidence of Aggregate Public Expenditures -- Larger Support for One Generation: Is there a Global Model? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 - The Fiscal Impact of Demographic Change in Ten Latin American Countries: Projecting Public Expenditures in Education, Health, and Pensions -- Introduction -- The Influence of Demography and Policy on Current Levels of Public Spending -- The Influence of Demographic and Policy Change on Future Public Spending on Education, Pensions, and Health Care -- Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in Latin America -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

Latin America and the Caribbean will soon face the challenges of an aging population. This process, which took over a century in the rich world, will occur in two or three decades in the developing world; seven of the 25 countries that will age more rapidly are in LAC. Population aging will pose challenges and offer opportunities. This book explores three sets of issues. First is a group of issues related to the support of the aging and poverty in the life cycle. This covers questions of work and retirement, income and wealth, and living arrangements and intergenerational transfers. It also explores the relation between the life cycle and poverty. Second is the question of the health transition. How does the demographic transition impact the health status of the population and the demand for health care? And how advanced is the health transition in LAC? Third is an understanding of the fiscal pressures that are likely to accompany population aging and to disentangle the role of demography from the role of policy in that process. This book provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques at the intersection of demography and economics. It summarizes the policy debate about potential reforms needed to make population aging an opportunity for development.

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