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  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    Lex
    Fertility: childcare costs exacerbate the demographic drought Premium content

    Ageing populations present opportunities as well as risks for equity investors

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Lex
    Mortgages: working for longer Premium content

    UK retirement age is rising as is demand for extended home loan terms

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Special Report
    Diversity Leaders

    Employees rank European companies on diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, disability and sexual orientation. Plus: City calls for ethnicity pay gap reporting; Spanish group takes lead on disability; class disadvantage in the workplace

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Can you help us compile our ranking of Europe’s Diversity Leaders?

    Employees and workplace experts are invited to complete a short survey to assess companies’ progress on inclusivity — by June 12

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    Leo Lewis
    An ageing population grapples with the spectacle of the plunging yen

    Despite popular disquiet, a weak currency is good for corporate Japan

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Camilla Cavendish
    The age taboo in workplaces means we miss out on talent

    Our obsession with youth, tech and flexibility is leading to a loss of institutional memory and experience

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    FT SeriesBaby bust: How the pandemic affected population growth 
    Baby bust: global demographic trends create tough choices

    Population trends are too complicated to be categorised as economic destiny but neither can they be ignored

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Patti Waldmeir
    ‘Silver lining’ to pandemic for ageing Americans

    The existing norms and expectations of our later decades need updating for the age of longevity

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Stephen Bush
    OK, boomer: generations aren’t real. Class is

    The real divide in British politics is still about who owns assets

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Pilita Clark
    Where have all the older workers gone and will they ever come back?

    Covid brought a 21st century trend of a greying workforce to a standstill and that’s a problem

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Working from home has turned women’s hair grey

    Many female colleagues decided to ditch the dye during the pandemic

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    Andrew Hill
    ‘I’m old, not an idiot’: the elderly are ill-served online

    The clever businesses will provide the best choice, digital and analogue, for older customers

  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
    Lex
    Life expectancy: healthy living helps beat the odds Premium content

    There is no changing the destination, but we can take longer to get there

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    News in-depthDemographics and population
    Population changes provide UK with unexpected boost to public finances

    FT research shows that demographic trends mean the government will be under far less pressure to raise taxes

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Half of women in England and Wales do not have children by age 30

    Lower levels of childbirth among twenty-somethings ‘likely to continue’, data show

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    State pension
    Rise in UK state pension age drives record employment among 65-year-olds

    Gradual increase leads to 55,000 more remaining in work, with those living in poorer areas more likely to work for longer

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    The Weekend Essay
    Why is it still considered OK to be ageist?

    Lucy Kellaway on an unspoken prejudice — and a puzzling discrimination against our future selves

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    State pension
    State pension plans: pressure set to grow on UK government

    ONS revises its forecasts on life expectancy

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    UK natural population set to start to decline by 2025

    ONS forecasts deaths will surpass births two decades earlier than expected marking demographic shift

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Japanese society
    Record low number of Japanese reach adulthood as demographic woes deepen

    Falling birth rate means 40,000 fewer citizens turned 20 last year than the previous year

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    Lex
    Blue sky ideas: the disruptive promise of tech titans’ immortality quest Premium content

    Anti-ageing studies could have wide benefits if they can reduce years of ill health

  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    China’s population is shrinking, fast

    Japan in 1989 anyone?

  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    Martin Wolf
    We must accept higher taxes to fund health and social care

    The government’s response to immediate pressures on the system is inadequate and indefensible

  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
    Steve Webb
    Annuities deserve a fresh look

    Older pensioners can benefit from out-of-favour retirement instruments

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Age discrimination laws fail to protect older staff

    Many workers often struggle to find or keep a job despite EU and UK employment legislation

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