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Appendix C: Regional and Economic Interviews
Appendix C: Regional and Economic Interviews
Pages 253-256
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In August–September 2021, a total of 15 experts responded to the questionnaire (12 individual interviews were conducted by staff, 3 experts submitted written responses)
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Experts Responding to the Questionnaire Tareef Al-Aama, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia Heung Bong Cha, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, South Korea Angelique Chan, Duke–National University of Singapore, Singapore AB Dey, Institute of Medical Sciences, India Aisen Etcheverry, Chilean National Agency for Research and Development, Chile Roseline Kihumba, HelpAge, Kenya Naoki Kondo, Kyoto University, Japan Rintaro Mori, United Nations Population Fund, Thailand Hiromasa Okayasu, World Health Organization, Japan Pip O'Keefe, University of New South Wales, Australia Franklin Quijano, National Commission of Senior Citizens, Philippines Neena Raina, World Health Organization, India Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico Abla Mehio Sibai, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Findings • Older adults are valued and respected by family and community members. • Older adults' workforce participation varies across regions; however, all experts agreed with the notion that lower-income adults tend to remain in the workforce past retirement age out of necessity, while higher-in come adults are likely to continue to work voluntarily, unless companies have age-based forced-retirement policies, which are often not based on physical/mental capabilities and stem from ageist thoughts and beliefs.
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Experts Responding to the Questionnaire David Cutler, Harvard University, United States Eric French, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Ralph Koijen, University of Chicago, United States Moshe A Milevsky, York University, Canada James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
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Avoiding the adverse effects of morbidity and mortality, spending more time with family, and making social gains may be the most important benefits, but they are also the most difficult to measure in economic terms. • Benefits of healthy longevity on economies include labor supply, de creased care and productivity costs, financial security, and increased gross domestic product if older adults stay in the workforce longer.
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