This fact sheet examines some of the most notable ageing indices, their stated purposes, methodologies and results.

How will future retirees fare? This report examines the two global megatrends of population ageing and rising inequalities. Key themes for Australia are inequalities in income and health and large regional differences.

The report offers a framework for developing public policy on age and work, proposing principles against which the legitimacy of actions should be tested.

Dig a little deeper, and the Census figures tell us unexpected things about more than one Australia, writes Tim Colebatch.

As is the case in most developed countries, the population of New Zealand is ageing numerically and structurally. Population ageing can have important effects on the distribution of personal income within and between urban areas. The age structure of the population may affect the distribution of income through the life-cycle profile of earnings but also...