03950nam 2200781 a 450 991082464780332120200520144314.01-281-43083-897866114308320-226-11622-010.7208/9780226116228(CKB)1000000000404651(EBL)408525(OCoLC)476229484(SSID)ssj0000359803(PQKBManifestationID)12132257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359803(PQKBWorkID)10318224(PQKB)10790912(MiAaPQ)EBC408525(DE-B1597)535710(OCoLC)781254229(DE-B1597)9780226116228(Au-PeEL)EBL408525(CaPaEBR)ebr10230020(CaONFJC)MIL143083(EXLCZ)99100000000040465119970716d1998 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe evolution of retirement an American economic history, 1880-1990 /Dora L. Costa1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19981 online resource (252 p.)NBER series on long-term factors in economic developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-11609-3 0-226-11608-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and indexes.Front matter --Contents --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 --Appendix A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records --References --Name Index --Subject IndexWinner 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 workers, living arrangements of the elderly, the development of a retirement lifestyle, and pensions and politics. "[Costa's] major contribution is to show that, even without Social Security and Medicare, retirement would have expanded dramatically."-Robert J. Samuelson, New Republic "An important book on a topic which has become popular with historians and is of major significance to politicians and economists."-Margaret Walsh, Business HistoryNBER series on long-term factors in economic development.RetirementUnited StatesHistoryOlder peopleUnited StatesEconomic conditionsOlder peopleUnited StatesSocial conditionsAgingGovernment policyUnited StatesSocial securityUnited StatesOld age pensionsUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic policyUnited StatesSocial policyRetirementHistory.Older peopleEconomic conditions.Older peopleSocial conditions.AgingGovernment policySocial securityOld age pensions306.3/8/0973Costa Dora L1672160MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824647803321The evolution of retirement4035268UNINA