Who will be caring for Europe's dependent elders in 2030?

Population

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 675-706

  Gaymu, Joëlle ^a   Ekamper, Peter ^b   Beets, Gijs ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; POPULATION POLICY; PREDICTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 42549135396     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/pope.704.0675     Document Type: Article

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