An analysis of factors related to disability-free life expectancy at 65 years of age across Japanese prefectures in 2010 • Yuka Sugawara Minagawa, Sophia University ; Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University

Happy life expectancy: an indicator to measure the impact of The Great Recession in Italy • Cecilia Tomassini, Università degli Studi del Molise ; Viviana Egidi, Sapienza Università di Roma ; Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital ; Carlo Lallo, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Subjective life expectancy: differences by smoking, education and gender • Sergei Scherbov, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Bruno Arpino, Universitat Pompeu Fabra ; Valeria Bordone, University of Southampton

Comparing ageing in Europe and Asia: adjusting for life-expectancy and cross-country differences • Arun Balachandran, University of Groningen ; Joop de Beer, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; K. S. James, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India ; Leo van Wissen, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and University of Groningen ; Fanny Janssen, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and University of Groningen