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Updated 18 May 2012

18 May 2012
Current Awareness in Ageing Report (CAAR) updated
Data reports, working papers and articles on the economics of ageing and demography are available from the CAAR website.
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18 May 2012
NEP Economics of Ageing updated
The NEP report on Economics of Ageing is currently edited by Claudia Villosio. Here you will find a digest of recent academic papers on pensions, social care and the economic aspects of demography.
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18 May 2012
Swedish study suggests links years in education to lower mortality
A study involving 1.2 million Swedes shows that students who were exposed to nine years of education rather than eight had a lower mortality rate after age 40. (Healthday)
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15 May 2012
Drop in premature cancer death in middle age
Premature death rates from the disease in middle-aged people have dropped by 40 per cent in the last 40 years. (Cancer Research UK)
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10 May 2012
Social Policy digest updated
The Social Policy Digest gives quick access to the latest developments of interest to those working in the field of social policy and economics. (Cambridge Journals)
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03 May 2012
Jogging may increase life expectancy
Jogging for as little as an hour a week can put years on your life, new research has shown. (Independent)
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23 April 2012
Towers Watson research highlights longevity variance
Male pensioners aged 65 in the small Somerset village of Hinton St George, population 400, have the highest life expectancy in the UK, at 88.7 years. (BBC News)
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10 April 2012
Elderly people more at risk of death due to summer heat
Fluctuations in summer temperatures caused by climate change could lead to tens of thousands of extra deaths among elderly people each year, a study has warned. (Scotsman)
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08 April 2012
US Study considers the unemployment-mortality link
Why do more people die when economy improves? Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College considers economic factors in mortality. (full text pdf)

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