The Evolution of Retirement
An American Economic History, 1880-1990
Dora L. Costa(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 22. June 1998
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-0-226-11608-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Evolution of Retirement is the first comprehensive economic history of retirement in America. With life expectancies steadily increasing, the retirement rate of men over 64 has risen drastically. Dora Costa looks at factors underlying this increase and shows the dramatic implications of her findings for both the general public and the U.S. government. With the aid of economic, statistical, and demographic concepts, Costa explains trends in retirement data. Her examination sheds light on such important topics as rising incomes and retirement, work and disease, the job prospects of older workers, elderly living arrangements, the rise of a retirement lifestyle, and pensions and politics. She concludes with a look into the future and further evolution of retirement, addressing perhaps the most vexing problem of retirement policy, the impact of the aging Baby Boom generation on the Social Security System.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
55 line drawings, 47 tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-11608-2 (9780226116082)
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E-Book
04/2008
1st Edition
University of Chicago Press
€49.89
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Content
Preface 1: The Problem of Old Age 2: The Evolution of Retirement 3: Income and Retirement 4: Work and Disease 5: The Older Worker 6: Displacing the Family 7: The Rise of the Leisured Class 8: Pensions and Politics 9: Looking to the Future App. A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records References Name Index Subject Index