AcvitAge Consortium

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR) Schottenfeldgasse 69/1; 1070 Vienna; Austria Email: office@iccr-international.org; Webpage: www.iccr-international.org Phone: +43.1.524 13 93-0; Fax: +43.1.524 13 93-200

Masaryk University; School of Social Studies, Department of Sociology Gorkého 7 ; 602 00 Brno; Czech Republic Phone: +420 (5) 41 615 243 ; Fax: +420 (5) 41 615 288 Email: rabu@fss.muni.cz ; Webpage: www.muni.cz

The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) Loennrotingkatu 4b; 00120 Helsinki; Finland Phone: +358.9.60990246; Fax: +358.9.601753 Email: hannu.piekkola@etla.fi; Webpage: www.etla.fi

Le Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Comparative en Sciences Sociales (CIR) 41, rue Amilcar Cipriani; 93400 St Ouen; France Phone: +33.1.40 12 19 38; Fax: +33.1.40 12 19 38; Mobile: +33.6.64 29 39 93 Email: j.crowley@iccr-international.org; Webpage: www.iccr-international.org

Zentrum für Sozialpolitik; Universität Bremen Parkallee 39 ; 28209 Bremen; Germany Phone: +49.421.218 4063; Fax: +49.421.218 4052 Email: Hinrichs@zes.uni-bremen.de ; Webpage: www.zes.uni-bremen.de

Instituto di Recerche Sulla Popolazione e le politiche Sociali (IRPPS – C NR) Via V. Emanuele 9/11; 84080 Penta di Fisciano, Salerno; Italy Phone: +39.089.891850; Fax: +39.089.958365 Email: calzabini@uniroma1.it or calzabini@iridiss.sa.cnr.it; Webpage: www.iridiss.sa.cnr.it

Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Research Nygårdsgaten 5; 5015 Bergen; Norway Phone: +47.55.58 97 60; Fax: +47.55.58 97 11 Email: rune.ervik@rokkan.uib.no; Webpage: www.rokkansenteret.uib.no

Jagiellonian University; Institute of Sociology, Department of Socio-Economics Grodzka Street 52; 30-44 Krakow; Poland Phone: +48.12.4222 129; Fax: +48.12.4302099 Email: jperek@uj.edu.pl or jperek@gmx.net; Webpage: www.uj.edu.pl or www-is.phils.uj.edu.pl

econcept AG Lavaterstrasse 66; 8002 Zürich; Switzerland Phone: +41.1.286 75 57; Fax: +41.1.286 75 76 Email: michal.arend@econcept.ch; Webpage: www.econcept.ch

City University; Department of Actuarial Sciences and Statistics Northampton Square; London EC1V 0HB; United Kingdom Phone: +44.020.7631 64 98; Fax: +44.020.89434110 Email: LesMayhew@Blueyonder.co.uk; Webpage: www.city.ac.uk