Product Description: A quarter of a century ago, Heather Joshi edited a landmark volume (sponsored by the British Society for Population Studies and the Centre for Economic Policy Research) entitled The Changing Population of Britain. In 2014-15, to mark the 25th anniversary of this book, the BSPS teamed up with the British Academy to hold a series of events on population developments in the UK and the policy issues that they raise, and has built on these presentations to produce a new edited collection on the changing population of the UK...read more

Product Description: Central Asia remains one of the least known parts of the former Soviet Union. The five central Asian republics gained their unexpected independence in 1991. They have faced enormous challenges over the last decade in reforming their health care systems, including adverse macro-economic conditions and political instability...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Falkingham, Jane (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The Central Asian republics represent the poorest area of the former Soviet Union and this book contains the first rigorous analysis of household living standards in the region. Part I deals with methodological issues of measuring household welfare in transition, Part II quantifies living standards in various ways, and Part III looks at support given by the state, firms, other households and NGOs - the 'mixed economy' of welfare provision. The book is characterised by analysis of newly available survey data.

Product Description: This is a study based on a recent work by the Welfare State Programme at the London School of Economics. It examines the impact of the welfare state as a means of redistributing incomes, not only between individuals' own life cycles, but between generations...read more

Product Description: The aging of the population is being described as a demographic time-bomb--an economic disaster waiting to happen. Ageing and Economic Welfare assesses how realistic this prediction is. The long-term effects of population aging are shrouded in uncertainty...read more