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For some people, accessing their super early for fertility treatments is their only chance to start or extend their family. And they need better protection.
The decision to go south for the winter during the ongoing pandemic is a complex one, informed by factors such as availability of recreational opportunities and cost of living.
President-elect Joe Biden has successfully enticed the young into politics. As he approaches his 78th birthday, will he also serve their interests?
A study of a retirement program in China found that people who retired early suffered significant cognitive decline that put them at risk of early onset of dementia.
Naturally occurring retirement communities, or NORCs, are unplanned communities that have a high proportion of older residents. They may be critical to finding housing solutions for aging Canadians.
Our latest research also shows that retirement allows us to finally get as much sleep as our body needs each night.
Many of the public employee pension plans run by states don’t have enough money in them to make upcoming pension payments to retired state workers. The pandemic could make that problem much worse.
A year after retiring as the UK’s poet laureate, Duffy is finding new ways to express herself.
Instead of isolating and excluding older Australians, communities that are designed to embrace the growing numbers of Australians over 65 will have all kinds of benefits for Australia.
Cooped up with a partner and nowhere to go to break it up? Coronavirus social distancing… or another day in retirement? Research on older couples holds tips for everyone else on how to deal.
With a global recession looking increasingly likely, a finance scholar offers guidance on how to ride it out.
More older Australians are carrying housing debt later in life, or not owning homes at all, but lack suitable alternatives to the family home. The result is lower incomes in retirement.
In a speech on older Australians released ahead of its Wednesday delivery, Anthony Albanese claims that, with economic growth and productivity, Australians could see higher super and higher wages.
Assisted living facilities are one option for seniors. But finding clear and accurate information about them isn’t easy.
Super is inefficient, costly and directs money where it isn’t needed. There’s a way out.
That’s to meet your basic needs and have a little leftover for fun.
The Canadian workforce is aging. At the same time, we’re facing a skills shortage. Keeping older workers on the job past 65 is an obvious solution but the federal parties are silent on the topic.
The ruling suggests there is an enduring disregard for one of the most vulnerable groups in today’s society: older women.
Several presidential hopefuls have offered proposals to close the racial wealth gap, from baby bonds to reparations. A simulation suggests policies short of direct aid to blacks won’t do the trick.
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Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW
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Professor of Finance, University of Sydney
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Senior Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor in the Department of Finance and co-director of the Brain, Mind & Markets Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial fellow, Monash University
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Senior Associate, Monash University
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance, West Virginia University
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Adjunct Professor, Leadership Development, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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retired, The University of Western Australia
