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We propose an indicator based on age-variation in cognitive functioning. We use newly released data from standardised tests of seniors' cognitive abilities for countries from different world regions. Following long term advances in countries’ industrial composition and technological advances, there is a high and growing importance of the ability to handle new job procedures which increases the importance of cognition for work performance over time. We find that several of the countries with older populations show better cognitive performance of their populations 50+ than countries with chronologically younger populations. For instance, the US and Northern Europe, i.e. regions with relatively large population shares above age 65, do better than Mexico, India and China.
This variation in cognitive functioning levels may be explained by the fact that seniors in some regions of the world experienced better conditions during childhood and adult life, including nutrition, duration and quality of schooling, exposure to diseases, and physical and social activity patterns. Due to the slow process of cohort replacement, those countries whose seniors have higher cognitive levels already today are likely to continue to have an advantage for several decades ahead.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
11/17/2011 17:30 - 11/17/2011 19:00
Event venue:
Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA)
Großer Sitzungsraum, 3. Obergeschoss
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2
12101 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Medicine, Psychology, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/25/2011
Sender/author:
Stefanie Hartmann
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event37369
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