ISBN:
9780226902975
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (408 p.)
Series Statement:
NBER-Project Report
Series Statement:
National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
Parallel Title:
Print version Issues in the Economics of Aging
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Old age -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses..
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Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses..
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Older people -- Housing -- United States -- Congresses
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Old age ; Economic aspects ; United States ; Congresses
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Older people ; Housing ; United States ; Congresses
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Retirement ; Economic aspects ; United States ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This companion volume to The Economics of Aging (1989) examines the economic consequences of an increasingly older population, focusing on the housing and living arrangements of the elderly, as well as their labor force participation and retirement
Description / Table of Contents:
Issues in the Economics of Aging; Contents; Acknowledgments; Overview; 1. But They Don't Want to Reduce Housing Equity; 2. The Dynamics of Housing Demand by the Elderly: User Cost Effects; 3. A Dynamic Analysis of Household Dissolution and Living Arrangement Transitions by Elderly Americans; 4. The American Way of Aging: An Event History Analysis; 5. Why Don't the Elderly Live with Their Children? A New Look; 6. Predicting Nursing Home Utilization among the High-Risk Elderly; 7. The Pension Inducement to Retire: An Option Value Analysis; 8. The Joint Retirement Decision of Husbands and Wives
Description / Table of Contents:
9. How Do the Elderly Form Expectations? An Analysis of Responses to New Information10. Adjusting to an Aging Labor Force; 11. Behavior of Male Workers at the End of the Life Cycle: An Empirical Analysis of States and Controls; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index;
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