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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778081103321

Autore

Zhang Ting <1978->

Titolo

Elderly entrepreneurship in an aging US economy [[electronic resource] ] : it's never too late / / Ting Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., c2008

ISBN

981-281-450-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Series on economic development and growth ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

658.1/108460973

Soggetti

Older people - Employment - United States

Self-employed - United States

Entrepreneurship - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Aging. 2. Socioeconomic background: aging population, resulted labor and fiscal crises, and the possible solutions -- pt. 3. Why elderly entrepreneurship? 3. Elderly entrepreneurship to sustain the labor force: possibilities and necessities -- pt. 4. Literature and theories on elderly entrepreneurship. 4. Literature review: previous studies. 5. Theoretical framework -- pt. 5. Entrepreneurship of seniors? 6. Age and entrepreneurship. 7. Social and policy factors for elderly entrepreneurship -- pt. 6. Regional dynamics of elderly entrepreneurship. 8. Regional distribution of elderly entrepreneurship. 9. The impact of elderly entrepreneurship on metropolitan economic growth -- pt. 7. Elderly entrepreneurship to mitigate labor and fiscal crises. 10. The labor and social security impacts of elderly entrepreneurship -- pt. 8. Conclusion. 11. Conclusion and future research

Sommario/riassunto

The study of elderly entrepreneurship and its potential impact on labor, Social Security funds and regional economic growth is of significant importance, particularly for the US economy where population aging coincidentally intersects with the economic shift to a "knowledge economy". On the one hand, aging, combined with a declining average retirement age, is expected to result in labor force shortages and Social Security fund exhaustion; yet on the other hand, the "knowledge



economy" could elevate the value of elderly human capital as the "knowledge economy" is less physically demanding and m