ISBN:
0226116220
,
9780226116082
,
9780226116228
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 234 p.)
Series Statement:
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3/8/0973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1880-1990
;
Retraite / États-Unis / Histoire
;
Personnes âgées / États-Unis / Conditions économiques
;
Personnes âgées / Politique gouvernementale / États-Unis
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Sécurité sociale / États-Unis
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Pensions de vieillesse / États-Unis
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SELF-HELP / Aging
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Pensionering
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Economische aspecten
;
Aging / Government policy
;
Economic policy
;
Old age pensions
;
Older people / Economic conditions
;
Older people / Social conditions
;
Retirement
;
Social policy
;
Social security
;
Geschichte
;
Politik
;
Soziale Sicherheit
;
Wirtschaft
;
Wirtschaftspolitik
;
Retirement History
;
Older people Economic conditions
;
Older people Social conditions
;
Aging Government policy
;
Social security
;
Old age pensions
;
Ruhestand
;
USA
;
USA
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
USA
;
Ruhestand
;
Geschichte 1880-1990
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and indexes
,
The problem of old age -- The evolution of retirement -- Income and retirement -- Work and disease -- The older worker -- Displacing the family -- The rise of the leisured class -- Pensions and politics -- Looking to the future -- Appendix A : Union Army pensions and Civil War records
,
Winner of the 1998 Paul A. Samuelson Award given by TIAA-CREF, 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 age 64 has risen drastically. Dora L. 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. Using statistical, and demographic concepts, Costa sheds light on such important topics as rising incomes and retirement, work and disease, the job prospects of older worke
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