03367oam 2200589 a 450 991097509450332120010731083105.0979840064365197803130027979780313002793031300279710.5040/9798400643651(CKB)111056486824756(OCoLC)70759027(CaPaEBR)ebrary10020839(OCoLC)1438936704(DLC)BP9798400643651BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000721(BIP)112709106(BIP)6463632(EXLCZ)9911105648682475620000505e2001 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe economics of aging /James H. Schulz7th ed.Westport, Conn. :Auburn House,c2001.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (378 p.)9780865692947 0865692947 Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-351) and index.The economic status of the aged -- To work or not to work -- Retirement planning -- Social security: old age and survivors' benefits -- Social security financing: who pays? who should pay? -- Health, disability, and SSI benefits -- What role for employer-sponsored pensions? -- Population aging: generational conflict?Still the definitive book on the subject, this volume has been thoroughly revised to cover rapidly changing aspects of the economics of aging. It provides an in-depth examination of the nation's evolving private and public policies on retirement, pension, and health, including, for instance, the dramatic changes in employer-sponsored pensions. New attention is given to the retirement of baby boomers and the financial situation of older women, many of whom still live in poverty. Other topics added to this edition include the proposed new way of measuring poverty, new economic implications of demographic aging, the concept of `productive aging', an update on reverse annuity mortgages, hybrid pension plans and pension privatization, and current information on Social Security. This highly readable book is essential for everyone concerned with gerontology.A thorough, rich, and current work, this book is the most comprehensive resource available for students, policymakers, researchers, human resource directors, and in short, all who have a personal or professional interest in the essential questions facing the growing aging population in the United States. It examines changes in retirement patterns, problems of older workers, and the complexity of retirement preparation, as well as pension plan health costs and all the programs affecting financial security.Old age pensionsUnited StatesRetirement incomeUnited StatesAgeUnited StatesEconomic conditionsOld age pensionsRetirement incomeAgeEconomic conditions.330.973/0929/0846Schulz James H1788536DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910975094503321The economics of aging4323565UNINA