Title Population aging : is Latin America ready? / edited by Daniel Cotlear

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 286 pages) : illustrations Series Directions in development. Human development Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development. Contents Population aging : is Latin America ready? / Daniel Cotlear -- Demographic trends in Latin America and the Caribbean / Paulo M. Saad -- Poverty, the aging, and the life cycle in Latin America / Daniel Cotlear and Leopoldo Tornarolli -- How age influences the demand for health care in Latin America / André C. Medici -- The economics of happiness and health policy : how health norms vary across cohorts in Latin America / Carol Graham -- Who benefits from public transfers? : incidence across income groups and across generations in Brazil and Chile / Cassio M. Turra, Mauricio Holz, and Daniel Cotlear -- The fiscal impact of demographic change in ten Latin American countries : projecting public expenditures in education, health, and pensions / Tim Miller, Carl Mason, and Mauricio Holz Summary The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Latin Americans lived in rural areas. Families were large and women had one of the highest fertility rates in the world, low levels of education, and few opportunities for work outside the household. Investments in health and education reached only a small fraction of the children, many of whom died before reaching age five. Since then, the size of the LAC population has tripled and the mostly rural population has been transformed into a largely urban population. There have been steep reductions in child mortality, and investments in health and education have increased, today reaching a majority of children. Fertility has been more than halved and the opportunities for women in education and for work outside the household have improved significantly. Life expectancy has grown by 22 years. Less obvious to the casual observer, but of significance for policy makers, a population with a large fraction of dependent children has evolved into a population with fewer dependents and a very large proportion of working-age adults. This overview seeks to introduce the reader to three groups of issues related to population aging in LAC. First is a group of issues related to the support of the aging and poverty in the life cycle. Second is the question of the health transition. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Population aging -- Social aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses Population aging -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area -- Congresses Population aging -- Economic aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses Population aging -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area -- Congresses Population aging -- Health aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses Population aging -- Health aspects -- Caribbean Area -- Congresses Older people -- Latin America -- Economic conditions Older people -- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions Older people. Population. Age factors in disease. Aged Population Age Factors Health Policy -- economics Health Services for the Aged -- economics Population Dynamics Poverty -- economics elderly. population. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging. Population Older people Age factors in disease Older people -- Economic conditions SUBJECT Latin America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074879 Caribbean Region Latin America https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007843 Subject Caribbean Area Latin America Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Cotlear, Daniel. LC no. 2010031650 ISBN 9780821384695 0821384694 1282966448 9781282966444 9786612966446 6612966440

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