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Women, low earners and self-employed to benefit under new 'Single Tier' pension
BBC Today programme hears from the Prime Minister David Cameron. Ministers say their plans for a single, flat rate pension will simplify the system and ensure millions of self-employed people and m...
Why do women live longer than men? | Sarah Harper on BBC 4
Sarah Harper will give an interview on gender and longevity on Wednesday 13, Radio 4, Frontiers, at 9pm. Programme synopsis: Why do women live longer than men? In the UK today,...
OIA contributes to 2010 WEF Global Report
World Economic Forum Global Agenda Report 2010 Council on Ageing Society Contribution by: Sarah Harper > Download PDF > WEF website
Oxford Institute Highlights Increasing Role of Grandfathers in Caring for Grandchildren
Professor Sarah Harper revealed that work done at the OIA by Dr George Leeson on Grandfathers in both the UK and Scandinavia showed that modern grandfathers were becoming almost as involved as gran...
European Economic Forum sees population ageing as a success.
The European Economic Forum held in Andorra has identified population ageing as having real potential for society. Oxford's Professor Sarah Harper addressed the European Economic Forum in...
Grandparents in the middle
Times Report on Grandparents http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article4606512.ece At the Oxford Institute of Ageing, several studies have been undertaken on the...
The new demographic timebomb | Sarah Harper
By the middle of the century, a majority of countries still enjoying the demographic dividend of youth will be in sub-Saharan Africa, UN figures show. Professor Sarah Harper comments on dem...