Old-Age Poverty

Amid the debris, tear gas and pot-banging youths, Norma Carrasco, 68, and husband Hernan Figueroa, 78, were protesting a grievance at the heart of swelling public anger in the South American nation: a pension system that has left many retired workers with sca…

Chile's fiery anger fueled by fears of poverty in old age

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - As over a million people streamed through Santiago’s streets in a series of protest marches last week, one elderly couple stood out from the largely youthful crowd. Amid the debris, tear gas and pot-banging youths, Norma Carrasco, 68, a…

Toronto -- While early retirement has been linked to health benefits such as improved sleep and reduced alcohol consumption, U.S. researchers have found that it may also accelerate cognitive decline in seniors. Academics from Binghamton University in New Yor…

A new study of older adults in China suggests that early retirement can accelerate cognitive decline. With a higher life expectancy and decline in fertility in developing countries, the elderly population has become the largest demographic source in Asia and…

Early retirement can accelerate cognitive decline among the elderly, according to research conducted by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.Plamen Nikolov, assistant professor of economics, and Alan Adelman, a doctoral student in ec…

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Early retirement can accelerate cognitive decline among the elderly, according to research conducted by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Plamen Nikolov, assistant professor of economics, and Alan Adelman, a d…

NGHE AN, Vietnam (Reuters) - The countryside in the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh is dotted with billboards for labour export companies advertising jobs or study overseas. Thousands of people respond to the lure of a better life abroad every ye…

NGHE AN, Vietnam (Reuters) - The countryside in the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh is dotted with billboards for labor export companies advertising jobs or study overseas. Thousands of people respond to the lure of a better life abroad every yea…

NGHE AN, Vietnam (Reuters) - The countryside in the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh is dotted with billboards for labor export companies advertising jobs or study overseas. Thousands of people respond to the lure of a better life abroad every ye…