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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2021

Scott L. Greer ,
Julia Lynch ,
Aaron Reeves ,
Michelle Falkenbach ,
Jane Gingrich ,
Jonathan Cylus  and
Clare Bambra
Scott L. Greer
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Julia Lynch
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Aaron Reeves
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Michelle Falkenbach
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jane Gingrich
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Jonathan Cylus
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Clare Bambra
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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Ageing and Health
The Politics of Better Policies
 , pp. 162 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021
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Index

Abou-Chadi, T., 77
activists, 50, see also interest groups
Adult Disability Dependency Ratio (ADDR), 37
advocacy groups, 46, 50, 74
age cleavages, 40, 49, 50, 54
ageing equally, 38–9
evidence, 54–7
Greedy Geezers, 39–43
voting, 48–51
win-lose policies, 43–8, 51–4
ageing, healthy, 11
coalitions, 74–9
new challenges, 79–82
politics of, 69–74
ageing, unequal, 96–106
alcohol, 86, 88, 123
Anderson, K. M., 46, 52, 53, 56
Ansell, B, 81
assets, 6, 13, 26, 38, 40, 42, 54, 55, 79, 81
Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (AARP), 46
austerity, 10, 67, 110, 118–22, 122, 130
Baby Boomers, 3, 6, 10, 24, 40, 41, 127
Bambra, Clare, 125
bargaining, collective, 123
Barr, M., 110
bed-blocking, 40
benefits, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 78, 119
greedy geezers, 41
short-term, 9, 40
unemployment, 47
benefits, social, 45, 52, 55, 67, 73, 81
Beramendi, P., 72, 77, 113
Bohle, D., 81
Brexit, 40
budgetary control, 54, see also fiscal constraints
burdens, administrative, 69, see also fiscal constraints
Campbell, A. L., 50
care (caring), 14, 26, 74, 78, 86, 131
informal, 13, 20, 22, 33, 35
medical, 38, 42, 52
care homes, 6, 22, 121
care providers, 19, 121, 132
care services, 19, 33, 65, 75, 121, see also childcare; health care
care, long-term, 3, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20, 126, 129, 131
caring. see also women
Case, A., 94, 122
Chaney, P., 51
Chen, J. T., 95
childcare, 74, 75, 77
children, 15, 52, 61, 63, 65, 78, 112, 113, 119, see also poverty: child
citizens (citizenship), 23, 69, 104, 129, 130
class, 14, 15, 18, 23, 26, 48, 50, 70, 81, 85
Clements, D., 40
coalitional politics, 59
health ageing, 74–9
healthy ageing, 69–74
new challenges, 79–82
solidarity across Europe, 59–66
solidarity during austerity, 66–9
coalitions, 18, 19, 22, 23, 49, 107, 128, 131, 132, 133
communities, 97, 100, 102, 109, 113
Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP), 77
competition, 104
political, 53, 56, 71, 74, 75
conflicts, 22
intergenerational, 10, 13–14, 42, 81, 83, 108, 125, 129, 130
political, 59, 107
consumers, 35, 37, see also providers
consumption, 7, 12, 37, 62, 78, 97, 113
controversies, 22
Cooper, R. S., 87
coronavirus pandemic, 13–14, 120, 121
costs, 12, 13, 52, 60, 72, 84, 108
COVID-19, 6, 13, 20, 95–6
crises, 22, 54, 121, 124
financial, 67, 94, 112, 119, 122
Cummins, S., 102
cuts, 10
Cylus, Jonathan Douglas, 12
data, 33–7, see also European Social Survey; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Deaton, A., 94, 122
demands, electoral, 22, 53
dependency ratios, 35, 37, 131
depression, economic, 122
deprivation, 91, 101, 102, 109, 111, 121
diabetes, 14, 88, 95
diet, 116
disability, 30, 35, 37
discrimination, 6, 87, 98
diseases, chronic, 30, 88, 95
diversity, 24–33, 49
drugs, 86, 94, 122
economic growth, 6, 7, 26, 81
economies, 7, 13, 81, see also political economy
education, 19, 28, 32–3, 33, 35, 54, 73, 77
income, 26, 28
inequalities, 85, 88, 94, 124
voters, 46, 47
education, higher, 25, 47
elections, 18, 48, 51, 104
elites, 18, 22, 128, 129
embedded flexibilization, 75
employment, 6, 13, 19, 22, 52, 54, 86, 100, 104, 119
females, 19 see also workers (workforce)
English health inequalities strategy, 109–13
entitlement programmes, 21
environments, 16, 100, 101
equity, 56, 129–30
ethnicity, 14, 18, 86–8, 95, 122, 129, see also intersectional inequalities
European Commission, 41, 56
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 8, 11
European Social Survey, 48
European Union, 11, 66
European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), 60
evidence, 46
greedy, demanding or derserving, 54–7
expenditures, health, 11–12
Fairlie, Henry, 38, 39
families, 6, 7, 18, 127, 128, 129
coalitions, 65, 68, 74, 77, 78, 81, 82
win-lose policies, 119
win-win policies, 15, 109
females, 19, 77, 78, 85, 94, see also women, workers (workforce)
feminist groups, 75
financial security, 55, 120, see also incomes
fiscal constraints, 54, 57, 71
fiscal pressures, 33, 54, 67
foods, processed, 122, 123
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 123
Garritzmann, J. L., 47
gender, 15, 18, 23, 48, 70, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85–6, 95, 98, 129, 131, 133, see also intersectional inequalities
Generation X, 127
geographical inequalities, 89–92, see also life expectancies
Germany, 77, 113–17
Giaimo, S., 56
Goerres, A., 49
Greedy Geezers, 7, 10, 20, 39–43, 126
green spaces, 101
groups, 132, see also interest groups
groups, minority, 93, 124, see also ethnicity
Hacker, Jacob, 121
Häusermann, S., 78
health, 7, 12, 15, 56, see also ageing equally
health behaviours, 86, 97, 101
health care, 3, 5, 7, 8, 54, 60, 61, 127
costs, 21, 30
Health Divides: Where You Live Can Kill You, 125
Health For All, 57
health inequalities, 84–5
causes of, 96–103
political economy approach, 103–5
unequal ageing, 85–96
health insurance, 123
health status, 31, 33, 38, 127
health systems, 16, 22, 30, 54, 121
health, regional, 30–3, 114
Healthy Weight for Life strategy (HWL), 17
Hemerijck, Anton, 61
Hinze, Aaron, 41
hospitals, 116
house prices, 81
households, 14, 119
multigenerational, 29–30
housing, 5, 7, 55, 65, 79, 81, 97, 114, 119
Huber, E., 68
hypertension, 14, 87
Icelandic Welfare Watch, 16
Immergut, E. M., 52, 53
immigrants, 7, 14
incentives, 72
income replacement programmes, 68
income security, 28, 33
incomes, 19, 26–8, 37, 48, 54, 55, 61, 82, 85, 88, 97, 98, 108, 112, 114, 122, 127, 129
incorporation, political, 123
Independent, 7
inequalities, 6, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24–33, 70, see also coronavirus pandemic
coalitions, 74, 79, 81
ethnic, 86–8
gender, 85–6
geographical, 89–92, 99–103
intergenerational, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66
intersectional, 92–3
socioeconomic, 88
innovation, technological, 12
insiders, labour market, 73, 74
institutions, political, 104, 105
interest groups, 18, 50, 51, 72, 73, 131
intergenerational equity, 75
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 9, 41, 53
intersectional inequalities, 92–3
intragenerational equality (inequality), 60, 127
intragenerational redistribution, 75
investment, 78, 82
social, 9, 50
spending, 67
Jacobs, Alan, 72
jobs, 102, see also employment
Kohl, Helmut, Chancellor, 117
Krieger, N., 95
labour (labour force), 28, 34, 37, 74, 75, 78, 131 see also workers (workforce)
domestic, 86
labour markets, 3, 7, 11, 25, 97, 130
coalitions, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77
Lancet-University of Oslo Commission, 103
life expectancies, 20, 29, 30, 35, 61, 123
geographical inequalities, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94
UK austerity, 118, 120
win-win policies, 109, 110, 112
life-course analysis, 132
life-course approach, 14–16
lifestyle drift, 112
living standards, 94
lobby groups, 42, 45
longevity, 12, 86
Lynch, Julia Francis, 50, 63
coalitions, 61, 63, 74
politics, 53, 56
win-win policies, 70, 71
Maastricht Treaty, 54
Mackenbach, Johan, 108, 110, 113
market economies, 118
Marmot, Sir Michael, 108, 118
masculinity, 86
media, 7, 10, 129
mental health, 85, 95, 98, 101, 104
Mertens, D., 67
migration, 7, 81
Millennials, 7, 40, 127
Minsk Declaration, 15
mobility, 50, 114, 129
models, 31, 32
money, 96, 99, 129
morbidity (morbidity rates), 87, 122, 124
mortality, 93, 98, 111, 114, 118, 122
mortality crossover, 87
mortality rates, 94, 95, 117, 121, 122, 124
mortality, child (infant), 1, 89, 104, 109, 110, 112
Naczyk, M., 56
National Health Service (NHS), 109, 111, 120, 121
National Transfer Accounts, 37
nationality, 18, 50
neighbourhoods, 91, 97, 109, 114
New Republic, The, 38, 39
newspaper columnists, 13
nursing homes, 14, 20
occupations, 88, 102
Office for National Statistics (ONS), 93, 118
old-age dependency ratio, 33, 37
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 34, 41, 53, 61, 68, 120
organizations, 50
international, 41, 53, 57
pensioners, 50, 133
women’s, 19
Pampel, F. C., 40
parental leaves, 68, 74, 75
parties, political, 73
payments, out-of-pocket, 54
pension ages, 33
pension costs, 3
pension reforms, 52, 78
pension spending, 45
pensioner parties, 46, 50
pensioners’ unions, 46
pensions, 7, 8, 10, 130, see also ageing equally
coalitions, 62, 65, 68
diversity and inequality, 26, 28
win-lose policies, 120
win-win policies, 115
people of colour, 14
people, older, definition, 24–6
Perera, I. M., 56
petitioning, 50
Pierson, P., 52
places, 100, 103–5, 127
policy drift, 56
policymakers, 6, 10, 51, 56, 59, 109, see also ageing equally
coalitions, 23, 72, 81, 132, 133
political cleavages, 49, 127
political economy, 81, 103–5, 122–4
political parties, 19, 43, 49, 71, 103
political science research, 43, 51
politicians, 17, 18, 128, 129, see also ageing equally
greedy geezers, 42, 43
win-lose policies, 118
win-win policies, 107
politics, 103, 105, see also ageing equally
pollution, 101
poverty, 5, 127, see also coalitional politics
child, 63, 112, 118
healthy ageing, 69
UK austerity, 119, 121
unequal ageing, 100
USA, 123
power, 8, 10, 73, 103, 105
practices, 97, see also smoking (tobacco), see also health behaviours
preferences, 46, 47, see also voters
prevention, 15, 109
privatization, 112, 116
privilege, 53, 87, 95, 103, 118
producers, 35, 37
productivity, 5, 11, 35, 37, 72, 75
property, 7, 103
Prospective Old-Age Dependency Ratio (POADR), 35
protests, 50
providers, 53, 56
public debt, 10, 82
public investment, 82
public opinion, 18, 19, 42, 44, 48
public pensions, 62, 69
public services, 9, 59, 60, 69
public spending, 54, 57, 59, 109
race, 14, 50, 85, 86, 87, 127, 129
redistribution, 70
regions. see also coalitions, diversity
regions, geographical, 23
regulations, 104, 122, 123
regulators, 53, 57
religion, 48, 94
Resolution Foundation, 6
resources, 62, 63, 65, 69, 99
financial, 41
material, 96–9
retirees, 7, 12, 42, 115
retirement, 8, 21, 41, 47
retirement ages, 34, 130
Robinson, T., 110
Rueda, D., 68, 77
salaries, 114, see also wages
savings, 68, 79, 114
Scandinavia, 74, 75
schools, 55, 102
Schrecker, Ted, 114
Seabrooke, L., 81
selfishness, 22, 128
skills, 61, 94
smoking (tobacco), 88, 97, 98, 112, 123
social capital, 100
social change, 7
social consumption, 68, 72
social exclusion, 69, 98
social policies, 42, 51, 53, 54, 56
social position, 103–5
social resources, 40, 55, 61
social spending (investment), 40, 45, 47, 61, 65, 66, 72, 74, 75
social welfare systems, 5
socioeconomic inequalities, 88
soft law, 57
solidarity, 59–66, see also ageing equally
era of austerity, 66–9
spending, 46, 73
states, 130
status, 55, 87, 99, 129 see also health status
Stephens, J. D., 68
straw men, 127–9
Streeck, W., 67
stress, 16, 61, 88, 101
suicides, 85, 119, 122
support, 33, 39, 55, 59, 78, 112, 116, 120
support ratio, 33, 35
Sure Start, 112
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), 26, 28, 29
sustainability (unsustainable), 5, 9, 11, 37, 50, 126, 132
financial, 56
taxes (taxation), 3, 7, 8, 13, 35, 104
coalitions, 65, 72, 75
technology, 96
Thelen, K., 75, 77
Thomson, D. W., 40
Time, 7
trade, 104
trade unions, 123
tradeoffs, 5, 23, 71–2, 78
training, 47, 54, 65, 73
unemployment, 68, 94, 100, 116
youth, 6, 35, 54, 81
unions, 19, 53, 73, 75, 77, 132, see also trade unions
pensioners, 42, 50
Universal Credit, 120
voters, 44, 45, 128, 129, 132, 133, see also coalitional politics
win-win policies, 107
voting, 8, 18, 22, 44, 46, 49
wages, 94, 104, 112, 114, 119, 122, 124
Wagner, M., 77
Washington Post, 40
wealth, 19, 26, 103, 113, 129, see also incomes
family, 81
welfare, 9, 10
welfare spending, 9, 40, 63, 66
welfare states, 21, 52, 55, 63, 66, 70
wellbeing, 5, 10, 16, 20, 55, 65, 73, 81, 126, 129
ageing equally, 38
coalitions, 59, 61, 74, 77
unequal ageing, 104, 107
Wilensky, Harold, 40
Williamson, J. B., 40
win-lose policies, 43–8, 51–4, 107–8, 117–24
solutions, 40
win-win policies, 14–16, 56, 107–8, 108–17, see also coalitional politics
solutions, 22
women, 14, 34, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 129, 131, 133, see also gender
work, 12–13, 28–29, 34, see also employment
Work and Pensions Committee, 120
workers (workforce), 7, 12, 35, 53, 65, 132, see also labour (labour force)
females, 79
unpaid, 6, 13
working conditions, 97
World Bank, 9, 41, 53
World Economic Outlook, 41
World Health Organization, 15, 56
zombie ideas, 5, 21

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