title: Gender, aging, and the economics of "active aging": Setting a new research agenda.
abstract: The world is aging, and the percentages of older people are on a dramatic ascent. This dramatic demographic aging of human society is not gender neutral; it is mostly about older women. One of the key policy approaches to address the aging revolution is known as "active aging," crystalized by the WHO in 2002 by three pillars: participation, health, and security. The active aging policy has financial and economic aspects and affects both men and women. However, as argued in this article, a gender-based approach has not been adopted within the existing active aging framework. Therefore, a new gender-specific research agenda is needed, one that focuses on an interrelation between gender and different economic aspects of "active aging" from international, comparative, cultural, and longitudinal perspectives.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Gerontology , Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa , Haifa , Israel.
authors.forename: Amira
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-342X
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paz
authors.affiliation: a Department of Gerontology , Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa , Haifa , Israel.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-6890
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Doron
authors.affiliation: b Department of Economics and Management , The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College , Yezreel Valley , Israel.
authors.forename: Aviad
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4802-455X
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tur-Sinai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D000073656:Healthy Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Active aging; gender; gero-feminism; health perception; poverty; work participation