Bernd Marin is Executive Director of the European Centre, Vienna. Asghar Zaidi is the Director of Research at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria.

• Contents: Introduction, Bernd Marin and Asghar Zaidi. Part I Changing Demographic Contexts: Facing the 21st century. New developments, continuing problems, David Coleman. Part II Income and Wealth: Internationally comparative indicators of material well-being in an age specific perspective, Michael Förster, Mattia Makovec and Michael Fuchs; Trends in income development, poverty and pension distribution among the older population: new evidence, Michael Förster; Elderly poverty in a larger Europe, Asghar Zaidi, Mattia Makovec, Barbara Lipszyc, Michael Fuchs, Orsolya Lelkes and Klaas de Vos; Welfare indicators of income experience during old age - evidence from the United Kingdom, Asghar Zaidi, Katherine Rake and Jane Falkingham; A multi-indicator model of 'dippy' incomes in retirement, Richard Rose; The long-term adequacy of pensions: EU measures and first results, Olivier Bontout. Part III Quality of Life: Key issues in the conceptualisation and analysis of older people's quality of life in ageing societies, Asghar Zaidi; Monitoring the quality of life in the elderly in European societies - a social indicators approach, Heinz-Herbert Noll; Life satisfaction over the life-cycle, Orsolya Lelkes; Healthy life expectancy in the UN-European region, Jean-Marie Robine. Part IV Labour Market and Early retirement: Employment and social protection indicators for the UNECE region, Christina Behrendt and Mariangels Fortuny; Social security and extending working life: policy challenges and responses, Roland Sigg; Preventing early exit from the labour market indicators, Bert de Vroom; Public pension program provisions: induced retirement and program cost, David Wise; Transition from work to retirement in EU countries, Asghar Zaidi, Mattia Makovec and Michael Fuchs. Part V Sustainable Social Security: Sustainability indicators for effective policy-making: a framework and empirical evidence from the United Kingdom, David Stanton; Sustainable old-age security core indicators, A

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