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Measuring active aging for government policy planning: a case of Russia

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  • Liudmila Zasimova

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Maria Sheluntcova

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

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Rising life expectancy and an aging population highlight the need for appropriate government policies to transform of the role of the elderly from a dependent part of the population to an economically active one. This paper aims to measure active aging of the elderly in Russia. We review definitions of active aging and base our research on the concept of the World Health Organization. Active aging is characterized by three components: health, participation, and security. We select indicators for these components and aggregate them into three sub-indexes which become the outcome index of active aging. As a result, the sample is divided into two groups of elderly people in Russia, “actively aging” and “inactively aging”. The empirical research is based on the Study of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). Our findings show that 70% of the elderly population are at the intersection of “health” and “participation in social activities”; 61,2% between “health” and “security”; 73,5% between “security” and “participation in social activities”. Overall, 58,5% of Russian senior citizens meet all three criteria of active aging, thus creating a great challenge for policy response

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  • Liudmila Zasimova & Maria Sheluntcova, 2014. "Measuring active aging for government policy planning: a case of Russia," HSE Working papers WP BRP 11/PA/2014, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
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    Keywords

    active aging; public policy; the elderly; health; participation; security; Russia;
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    JEL classification:

    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy

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